Stange

surname · Latin script

Meaning: personal characteristic: tall, thin like a pole

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Stange is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 9.5K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 111K
  • NONorway1 in 6.7K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈8,400 people, est.

Sources
280 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 6.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Norway

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

personal characteristic: tall, thin like a pole

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Stange counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Stange is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany#814≈8,400 est.≈1 in 9.5K—Stange149
CN China—≈6,000 est.≈1 in 232K—Stange2
US United States—2,9891 in 111K3KStange280
BR Brazil—1,4231 in 149K1.4K—2
NO Norway—8121 in 6.7K812Stange40
NL Netherlands—2561 in 68K256Stange22
SE Sweden—2071 in 49K207Stange13
DK Denmark—1461 in 40K146Stange30

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Stange is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Chile, Brazil, United States, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Stanghe

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Stånge, Stangé

  • French surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Mali

    Also written St-Ange, Stånge, Stangé, Stanghé

  • a separate surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Norway, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Stånge

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Italy

    Also written Stanghe

  • Russian surname10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, United States, Ukraine, Kazakhstan

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Штанге, Станге, Štange, Shtange, Штангэ

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Stange is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, pole; bar; rod; post (a long stick, usually round and of metal, but also of other material, especially when fixed somewhere)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In German, Übername für große, schmale Menschen; auch indirekter Berufsname für Stangenmacher oder Gärtner, teils Wohnstättenname.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

  • In German, Übername nach der Körpergröße; bezieht sich auf eine große/auffällige Statur. Bearer count: 5147.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen

  • In German, "lang aufgeschos- sener Mensch". Stang, |e, el, 1, lmaier, er (vgl. Stengel). Bohnenstange. Stengler "Stangen- schmied" (Socin). Stan- ger, Stängler, Stengler "Grießwart", der beim Turnier die Stange hält. — Mehrf. ON. Stang. (Stangiberger: ON. Stanglberg, Steierm.) Stank-: Stänzig: s. STAN

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • In German, ahd. stanga "Stange". Altd. Volln. Stan] art, 'Ulf, viell. nur Weiterb. eines1 einstäm- migen Ns. Stenge (r) t? Siehe STAN (Schluß)

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Louis Stange, b. 1888Hugh Stanislaus Stange, b. 1894Lee Stange, b. 1936Bernd Stange, b. 1948Ute Stange, b. 1966Maya Stange, b. 1973Ulrike Mertesacker, b. 1984Daniel Stange, b. 1985Tine Stange, b. 1986Henry Stange, b. 1996

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 29 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Stange
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020103K#10,692
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020002.9K#10,173
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020202.8K#11,034
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—1.4K#6,666
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—812#1,473
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)2025406—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)2024406—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)2023401—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)2022399—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)2021390—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)2020382—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)2019379—

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Stange mean, and where does it come from?
personal characteristic: tall, thin like a pole Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen.
What are other forms of the name Stange?
In the etymology graph, Stang is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Stange have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 8.4 thousand people named Stange in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled stange.
Where is Stange most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Stange is densest in Norway — about 1 in 6.7 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Stange?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,989 people named Stange in 2010, about 1 in 111 thousand residents.
How common is Stange compared with other names?
In Germany, Stange is the 814th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Stange” — the 814th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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