Stolz

surname · Latin script

Meaning: from mhd. stolz 'proud, stately'; also linked to a place-name and to 'to limp'

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

/ˈstoʊɫz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 7.2K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CACanada≈1 in 61K
  • USUnited States1 in 102K

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)

≈11,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
295 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 7.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

StolzLatin(measured from records)
สโตล์ซThai(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)

from mhd. stolz 'proud, stately'; also linked to a place-name and to 'to limp'

Sources 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Stolz 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 Stolz is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany#582≈11,000 est.≈1 in 7.2K—Stolz175
US United States—3,2481 in 102K3.3KStolz295
AT Austria#767≈1,000 est.≈1 in 8.9K—Stolz54
CH Switzerland—8421 in 10K842Stolz49
ID Indonesia—≈810 est.≈1 in 328K—Stolz3
CA Canada—≈620 est.≈1 in 61K—Stolz66
IE Ireland—≈96 est.≈1 in 54K—Stolz2

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; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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)

Stolz is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Polish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, Czechia, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Polish, Czech, Slovak

    Also written Štolz

  • Russian surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, United States

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek

    Also written Штольц, Shtolts, Stoltz

41 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)

Stolz 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, trait surname: proud; bearer count not printed on this line

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

  • In German, proud or haughty person, from Ger. stolz, Yid. shtolts proud. Vars.: Ger.: Stoltz(e), Stolze. Jewish: Shtolzer; Sztolc (a Pol. spelling). Cogns.: Low Ger.: Stolt(e), Stoldt, Stolter. Swed.: Stolt. Dims.: Ger.: Stdl(t)zel. Patrs.: Low Ger.: Stolten, Stolting, Stolting.

    as a nameA dictionary of surnames

  • In German, proud

    as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of German

  • In German, pride

    as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of German

  • In German, Zu mhd. stolz, mnd. stolt ‘stattlich, stolz, hochmütig’; die Karte zeigt die Erhaltung/Variation von t vs. z. 7175 Belege.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

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)

180018501900195020002050Teresa Stolz, b. 1834Otto Stolz, b. 1842Friedrich Stolz, b. 1860Robert Stolz, b. 1880Hilde von Stolz, b. 1903Sylvia Stolz, b. 1963Bärbel Stolz, b. 1977Alexander Stolz, b. 1983Dominik Stolz, b. 1990Jordan Stolz, b. 2004

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)

FormalDear Stolz,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 30 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Stolz
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020003.3K#9,168
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020103.2K#9,932
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020203.1K#9,900
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024842#1,426
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

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 Stolz mean, and where does it come from?
from mhd. stolz 'proud, stately'; also linked to a place-name and to 'to limp' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
What are other forms of the name Stolz?
In the etymology graph, Stout is a form of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Stolz?
A machine transcription gives /ˈstoʊɫz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Stolz have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Stolz in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled stolz.
How common is the name Stolz?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,248 people named Stolz in 2010, about 1 in 102 thousand residents.
How common is Stolz compared with other names?
In Germany, Stolz is the 582nd 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, “Stolz” — the 582nd most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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