Stammen
surname · Latin script
Meaning: to come (from), descend
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈstæmən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Stammen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Sudan than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 573K(measured from records)
- SHSt. Helena≈1 in 6.1K
- SDSudan≈1 in 8.5K
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.
- Sudan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 148 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈5,300 people, est.
Highest-authority source
St. Helena, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
to come (from), descend
Sources 1
- A Frequency Dictionary of German
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Stammen 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD Sudan | — | ≈5,300 est. | ≈1 in 8.5K | — | Stammen | 1 |
| DE Germany | — | ≈630 est. | ≈1 in 127K | — | Stammen | 67 |
| US United States | — | 581 | 1 in 573K | 600 | Stammen | 148 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 209 | 1 in 83K | 209 | Stammen | 10 |
| BE Belgium | — | 110 | 1 in 107K | 110 | Stammen | 10 |
| BZ Belize | — | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 43K | — | Stammen | 1 |
| SH St. Helena | #119 | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 6.1K | — | Stammen | 1 |
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 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population 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)
Stammen 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, to descend, to originate, to be derived
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Dutch, to date
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of Dutch
In Norwegian Nynorsk, definite masculine singular of stamme
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Norwegian Bokmål, definite singular of stamme
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swedish, definite singular of stam
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Craig Stammenb. 1984USAmerican former professional baseball player and coach
- Keven Stammenb. 1985USAmerican poker player
- Heinrich StammenCHSchaffhausen politician
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 10 sources across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 600 | #39,536 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 581 | #38,155 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 511 | #40,335 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 209 | #9,953 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 110 | #14,384 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Stammen mean, and where does it come from?
- to come (from), descend Recorded by A Frequency Dictionary of German.
- How do you pronounce Stammen?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈstæmən/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Stammen have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 5.3 thousand people named Stammen in the Sudan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled stammen.
- How common is the name Stammen?
- In the United States, the national register counted 581 people named Stammen in 2010, about 1 in 573 thousand residents.
- How common is Stammen compared with other names?
- In St. Helena, Stammen is the 119th most common surname of 3,440 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Stammen?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/stammenThe 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, “Stammen” — the 119th most common surname in St. Helena. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.