How common is the surname Stefani?

1,702 people in the United States had the surname Stefani in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,402 Americans. It ranked 16,781st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stefani?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stefani identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Stefani?

Gwen Stefani, American singer (born 1969), followed by Luisa Stefani.

Where is the surname Stefani most common?

Wikidata records people named Stefani in the United States, Brazil and the Kingdom of Italy.

Is the surname Stefani getting more or less common?

More common. 1,680 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,702 in 2010, up 1.3%.

Is Stefani also a first name?

Yes. Stefani is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Stefani

An Italian surname, carried by 1,702 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S315 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stefani is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

A surname from Italian.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,702 people named Stefani in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,402 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,680.

#16,781

rank among US surnames

1,702

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #15,898)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,775	Coatney	1,703	181,295
#16,781	Dechant	1,702	181,402
#16,789	Piggott	1,701	181,508

Who is named Stefani

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

94% of people named Stefani identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stefanis

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gwen Stefani
American singer (born 1969)
Luisa Stefani
Brazilian tennis player, born 1997
Irene Stefani
20th-century Italian Catholic nun, 1891–1930

Notable Stefanis come mostly from the United States (1), Brazil (1) and the Kingdom of Italy (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Stefani

Stefani has the Soundex code S315, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S315.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Stefani come from?: Stefani is Italian in origin.
How common is the surname Stefani?: 1,702 people in the United States had the surname Stefani in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,402 Americans. It ranked 16,781st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stefani?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stefani identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Stefani?: Gwen Stefani, American singer (born 1969), followed by Luisa Stefani.
Where is the surname Stefani most common?: Wikidata records people named Stefani in the United States, Brazil and the Kingdom of Italy.
Is the surname Stefani getting more or less common?: More common. 1,680 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,702 in 2010, up 1.3%.
Is Stefani also a first name?: Yes. Stefani is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.