Find out how popular the last name Stadler is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Stadler.

Stadler, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Stadler surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Stadler in America

Stadler is the 6535th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Stadler surname appeared 5,186 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 people would have the surname Stadler.

We can also compare 2010 data for Stadler to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Stadler

The surname Stadler originated in Germany and can be traced back to the early 13th century. It is derived from the Old High German word "stat," meaning town or city, and the suffix "-ler," which indicates a person's occupation or place of origin. As such, the name initially referred to someone who lived in or came from a town or city.

One of the earliest recorded references to the name Stadler can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus, a collection of medieval documents from the region of Franconia, which mentions a "Conradus Stadler" in 1245. The name also appears in various other historical records, such as the Nuremberg City Archives, which document a "Hans Stadler" in 1396.

The Stadler name has been associated with several notable individuals throughout history. One of the earliest was Johann Stadler (c. 1480-1540), a German composer and organist who served as the Kapellmeister at the court of the Dukes of Bavaria. Another was Maximilian Stadler (1748-1833), an Austrian composer and music theorist who studied with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and later became the court composer in Vienna.

In the 18th century, the Stadler family established themselves as prominent clockmakers in the Black Forest region of Germany. Notable members include Johann Stadler (1736-1804), who is credited with inventing the musical clock, and his son, Gottlieb Stadler (1780-1852), who continued the family's clockmaking tradition.

The name Stadler has also been associated with various place names throughout Germany, such as Stadlern in Bavaria and Stadlerberg in Saxony. These place names likely derived from the same root word as the surname, reflecting the connection between the name and its geographical origins.

Other notable individuals with the surname Stadler include Ernst Stadler (1883-1914), an Austrian poet and playwright; Max Stadler (1897-1963), a German film director and screenwriter; and Thecla Stadler (1897-1959), a German sculptor and ceramist active in the Bauhaus movement.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Stadler

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Stadler.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Stadler was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Stadler has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Stadler was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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