Stamm
surname · Latin script
Meaning: trunk, stem, tribe
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈstæm/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Stamm is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 10K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 61K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 84K
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)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 344 (measured from records)
- 1 in 5.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈7,800 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
trunk, stem, tribe
Sources 1
- A Frequency Dictionary of German
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Stamm 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #890 | ≈7,800 est. | ≈1 in 10K | — | Stamm | 155 |
| US United States | — | 5,461 | 1 in 61K | 5.5K | Stamm | 344 |
| CH Switzerland | #467 | 1,446 | 1 in 5.8K | 1.4K | Stamm | 65 |
| IT Italy | — | ≈790 est. | ≈1 in 79K | listed | Stamm | 6 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈790 est. | ≈1 in 84K | 20 | Stamm | 52 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 53K | — | Stamm | 29 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈56 est. | ≈1 in 22K | 64 | Stamm | 13 |
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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); the xinhua-italian-manual register; the ee-stat-nimed register. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Stamm 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, tree trunk, main stem of a plant (but never used of thin stalks or twigs)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, from Stamm; later family names formed after old German style
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In Luxembourgish, stem (of a plant), trunk (of a tree)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In hrx, tree trunk
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Breton, tricot, extensible
as a wordDeshayes, Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (2003)
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)
- Robert Stammb. 1900DEGerman politician (1900-1937)
- Feliks Stammb. 1901PLPolish boxing trainer
- Harald Stammb. 1938DEGerman singer and opera singer
- Mike Stammb. 1952USAmerican swimmer
- Hans-André Stammb. 1958DEGerman musician and organist
- Hagen Stammb. 1960DEGerman water polo player and coach
- Peter Stammb. 1963CHSwiss writer
- Christian Stammb. 1967USAmerican actor
- Claudia Stammb. 1970DEGerman politician
- Daniel Stammb. 1976DEFilm director and screenwriter
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 34 sources across 20 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 5.5K | #5,780 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 5.5K | #6,253 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 5.2K | #6,308 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 1.4K | #735 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 64 | #1,420 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 61 | #1,483 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 20 | #90,540 |
| GB United Kingdom | A Dictionary of Surnames (Hanks & Hodges, 1988) | — | — | — |
| IT Italy | 意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual) | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Søndergaard, Georg, Danske efternavne (Lademann 1984/1991)
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 Stamm mean, and where does it come from?
- trunk, stem, tribe Recorded by A Frequency Dictionary of German.
- How do you pronounce Stamm?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈstæm/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Stamm have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 7.8 thousand people named Stamm in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled stamm.
- Where is Stamm most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Stamm is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 5.8 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Stamm?
- In the United States, the national register counted 5,461 people named Stamm in 2010, about 1 in 61 thousand residents.
- How common is Stamm compared with other names?
- In Germany, Stamm is the 890th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Stamm?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/stammThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Stamm” — the 890th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.