# Stigger (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stigger/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 584 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,993 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 528,674 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.3% (539 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, variant of Sticker with voicing of k to g, from the noun sticker, referring to several uses of "one who sticks."

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stigger 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) | 4.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 89% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 3.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Stigger in Austria.

## People named Stigger

- Laura Stigger, Austrian cyclist

## Similar surnames

Steger, Steiger, Stager, Stiger, Staiger, Stgeorge, Staggers, Switzer, Schweitzer, Stoker, Stocker, Setzer.

## 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.