The Stumpf surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,173 people carried this name — #5,629 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,800 people counted. That is down 2% from 6,315 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Stumpf surname
Borrowed from Middle High German stumpf.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Štumpf» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 360 people named Stumpf live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Misiones.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 357 people named Stumpf.
21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
150 people named Stumpf live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
51 people named Stumpf have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 83 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
22 people named Stumpf is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Stumpf in American newspapers,
1895–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,763 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Stumpf,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Stumpf 1500–1578 · writer -
Johann Stumpf 1500–1577 · writer
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Eduard Stumpf d. 1971 · local politician
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Petra Stumpf 14– · television presenter
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Simon Stumpf 1500–1600 · parish priest
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Zacharias Stumpf 1594–1641 · Catholic bishop
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Stumpf.
- Stuber 2,835 · U.S. census
- Stucker 2,810 · U.S. census
- Stucki 1,236 · U.S. census
- Studer 5,368 · U.S. census
- Studler 111 · U.S. census
- Stum 586 · U.S. census
- Sturm 9,242 · U.S. census
- Sturma 111 · U.S. census
- Stutz 3,904 · U.S. census
- Su 12,973 · U.S. census
- Suares 639 · U.S. census
- Suarez 66,013 · U.S. census
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