# Stengel (surname)

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

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,856 |
| US rank (2010) | 8,534 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 80,069 people |
| Change since 2000 | +25% (3,077 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Stengel.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stengel 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) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stengel in the United States.

## People named Stengel

- Casey Stengel, American baseball player, coach, and manager (1890–1975)
- Richard Stengel, American magazine editor
- Leni Stengel, American actress (1901-1982)
- Katie Lampson, American soccer player

## Similar surnames

Steinke, Stenger, Stanger, Stonge, Stang, Stenson, Stange, Stangl, Stenzel, Stingley, Stennis, Stansel.

## 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.