# Stickel (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,459 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,587 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 125,557 people |
| Change since 2000 | +9.4% (2,247 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, from Middle High German stickel (“hill, slope”), itself from the root of stickle (“steep, high”). * Also as a German surname, from Middle High German stickel (“spine, prickle”), also related to sense 1 of the above.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stickel 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stickel in the United States.

## People named Stickel

- Lucille F. Stickel, American wildlife toxicologist

## Similar surnames

Stickley, Stickle, Stokely, Steckel, Stockley, Stockwell, Stickler, Stickles, Steckler, Stegall, Satchell, Stigall.

## 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.