Stich
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Mhd. stich 'point, spike'; also from a topo-/house name or byname
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/stɪk/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Stich is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. In Somalia it is the 98th most common surname.
- DEGermany≈1 in 22K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 166K
- SOSomalia≈1 in 11K
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)
- Sources
- 237 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈3,700 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Somalia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Mhd. stich 'point, spike'; also from a topo-/house name or byname
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Stich 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 | — | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 22K | listed | Stich | 104 |
| US United States | — | 2,001 | 1 in 166K | 2K | Stich | 237 |
| SO Somalia | #98 | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Stich | 1 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 254K | — | Stich | 10 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈300 est. | ≈1 in 30K | — | Stich | 42 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 248 | 1 in 34K | 248 | Stich | 23 |
| CZ Czechia | — | 176 | 1 in 61K | 176 | — | — |
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; the dfa-band-5 register; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); MVČR — living population register 2017. 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)
Stich 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, occupational name for a tailor; from stitch
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, bite, sting
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of German
In German, sting, prick, stitch, stab
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Berufsname zum Schneiderhandwerk; wahrscheinlich zu mhd. stich(en) 'Stich, Nadelstich' o.ä. Bearer count: 1636.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, toponymischer Familienname, 1636 Belege; kann auch ÜberN zu mhd. stich 'Stich' sein. < SiedlungsN X / < ON X
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
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)
- Giovanni Puntob. 1746CZnot in their usual nameCzech horn player, violinist and composer
- Auguste Crelingerb. 1795DEnot in their usual nameGerman actress (1795–1865)
- Bertha Stichb. 1818DEstage actor (1818-1876)
- Otto Stichb. 1927CHmember of the Swiss Federal Council (1927-2012)
- Teresa Stich-Randallb. 1927USAmerican singer (1927-2007)
- Bill Lawrenceb. 1931DEnot in their usual nameGerman-American musician and guitar maker
- Max Stichb. 1940DEGerman politician
- Stephen Stichb. 1943USAmerican philosopher
- Sidra Stichb. 1943USAmerican art historian
- Michael Stichb. 1968DEGerman tennis player
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 25 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 2K | #14,821 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.9K | #14,521 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.8K | #15,743 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 248 | #5,208 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 35 | #37,713 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 34 | #12,574 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 5 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- 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
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 Stich mean, and where does it come from?
- from Mhd. stich 'point, spike'; also from a topo-/house name or byname Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Stich?
- A machine transcription gives /stɪk/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Stich have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 3.7 thousand people named Stich in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled stich.
- How common is the name Stich?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,001 people named Stich in 2010, about 1 in 166 thousand residents.
- How common is Stich compared with other names?
- In Somalia, Stich is the 98th most common surname of 1,614 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/stichThe 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, “Stich” — the 98th most common surname in Somalia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.