How common is the surname Stell?

2,292 people in the United States had the surname Stell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,706 Americans. It ranked 13,306th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Stell getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,871 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,292 in 2010, down 20%.

Is Stell also a first name?

Yes. Stell 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 Stell

A surname, carried by 2,292 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). Stell is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

From stell ("prop") or stell ("place")?

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,292 people named Stell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 134,706 Americans. That is down 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,871.

#13,306

rank among US surnames

2,292

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-20.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,287)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,297	Pruneda	2,294	134,588
#13,300	Golla	2,293	134,647
#13,306	Kennell	2,292	134,706

Who is named Stell

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

84% of people named Stell identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stell

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

Questions

Where does the surname Stell come from?: From stell ("prop") or stell ("place")?
How common is the surname Stell?: 2,292 people in the United States had the surname Stell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 134,706 Americans. It ranked 13,306th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stell?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Stell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Stell getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,871 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,292 in 2010, down 20%.
Is Stell also a first name?: Yes. Stell 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.