How common is the surname Stahl?

22,211 people in the United States had the surname Stahl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,901 Americans. It ranked 1,619th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stahl?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Stahl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Stahl?

Nick Stahl, American actor, followed by John M. Stahl.

Where is the surname Stahl most common?

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

Is the surname Stahl getting more or less common?

More common. 22,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,211 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Stahl

A surname, carried by 22,211 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stahl is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 22,211 people named Stahl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,901 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 22,163.

#1,619

rank among US surnames

22,211

people in 2010

7.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #1,471)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,610	Steward	22,318	13,834
#1,611	Winn	22,316	13,835
#1,612	Gary	22,310	13,839
#1,613	Zhao	22,301	13,844
#1,614	Sewell	22,294	13,849
#1,615	Browne	22,289	13,852
#1,616	Ramey	22,287	13,853

Who is named Stahl

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Stahl identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stahls

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nick Stahl
American actor, born 1979
John M. Stahl
American film director and producer (1886-1950)
Lesley Stahl
American journalist (born 1941)
Franz Stahl
American guitarist, born 1962
Franklin Stahl
American molecular biologist, geneticist, 1929–2025
Andrew Stahl
American actor, born 1952
Richard Stahl
American actor (1932-2006)
Jerry Stahl
American writer, born 1953
Heinrich Stahl
Baltic German clergyman and Estonian language enthusiast (1600–1657)

Notable Stahls come mostly from the United States (8) and Sweden (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stahl

Stahl has the Soundex code S340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S340.

Questions

How common is the surname Stahl?: 22,211 people in the United States had the surname Stahl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,901 Americans. It ranked 1,619th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stahl?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Stahl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Stahl?: Nick Stahl, American actor, followed by John M. Stahl.
Where is the surname Stahl most common?: Wikidata records people named Stahl in the United States and Sweden.
Is the surname Stahl getting more or less common?: More common. 22,163 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,211 in 2010, up 0.2%.