# Stahl (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stahl/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 22,211 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,619 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,901 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.2% (22,163 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stahl in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stahl in the United States and Sweden.

## People named Stahl

- Nick Stahl, American actor
- John M. Stahl, American film director and producer (1886-1950)
- Lesley Stahl, American journalist (born 1941)
- Franz Stahl, American guitarist
- Franklin Stahl, American molecular biologist, geneticist
- Andrew Stahl, American actor
- Richard Stahl, American actor (1932-2006)
- Jerry Stahl, American writer
- Heinrich Stahl, Baltic German clergyman and Estonian language enthusiast (1600–1657)

## Similar surnames

Staley, Stall, Stehle, Southall, Steele, Sotelo, Still, Stoll, Stull, Seidel, Settle, Steel.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.