How common is the surname Stich?

2,001 people in the United States had the surname Stich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,296 Americans. It ranked 14,821st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stich?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Stich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Stich?

Teresa Stich-Randall, American singer (1927-2007), followed by Stephen Stich.

Where is the surname Stich most common?

Wikidata records people named Stich in the United States.

How do you pronounce Stich?

Stich is /stɪt͡ʃ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Stich getting more or less common?

More common. 1,882 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,001 in 2010, up 6.3%.

The surname Stich

A German surname, carried by 2,001 people in the United States.

Pronounced /stɪt͡ʃ/ 1 syllable Soundex S320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stich is more common than 90.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Stich.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,001 people named Stich in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 154,296 Americans. That is up 6.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,882.

#14,821

rank among US surnames

2,001

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,521)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,814	Platero	2,002	154,219
#14,821	Reigle	2,001	154,296
#14,824	Stoneman	2,000	154,373
#14,827	Caudell	1,999	154,450

Who is named Stich

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

95% of people named Stich identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stichs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Teresa Stich-Randall
American singer (1927-2007)
Stephen Stich
American philosopher, born 1943

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stich

Stich has the Soundex code S320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S320.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Stich come from?: Borrowed from German Stich.
How common is the surname Stich?: 2,001 people in the United States had the surname Stich in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 154,296 Americans. It ranked 14,821st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stich?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Stich identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Stich?: Teresa Stich-Randall, American singer (1927-2007), followed by Stephen Stich.
Where is the surname Stich most common?: Wikidata records people named Stich in the United States.
How do you pronounce Stich?: Stich is /stɪt͡ʃ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Stich getting more or less common?: More common. 1,882 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,001 in 2010, up 6.3%.