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

Stish, 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 Stish surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Stish in America

Stish is the 137327th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Stish surname appeared 122 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Stish.

We can also compare 2010 data for Stish 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 Stish

The surname STISH is believed to have originated in Germany during the early medieval period, around the 8th or 9th century. It is thought to have derived from the Old High German word "stih," meaning a post or stake, suggesting that the name may have originally referred to someone living near a boundary marker or a fence made of stakes.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name STISH can be found in the Codex Diplomaticus Saxoniae, a collection of historical documents from Saxony, where a person named Sticho is mentioned in a document dated to the year 836. This is likely a variant spelling of the same name.

Another early record of the name appears in the Traditiones Fuldenses, a cartulary of the Benedictine abbey of Fulda in central Germany, which includes an entry from the year 871 referring to a person named Stihhari.

In the 11th century, the name STISH is found in the Codex Eberhardi, a manuscript from the Benedictine abbey of Reichenau in present-day Baden-Württemberg, where a person named Sticho is listed among the donors to the abbey.

One of the earliest documented individuals with the surname STISH was Konrad Stish, a landowner and knight who lived in the region of Franconia in the late 12th century. His name is mentioned in several charters and records from that time.

Another notable bearer of the name was Johann Stish, a scholar and theologian who lived in the late 15th century. He was born in the town of Erfurt in central Germany in 1452 and later became a professor at the University of Leipzig, where he taught until his death in 1516.

In the 16th century, the name STISH appears in various records from the region of Swabia in southwestern Germany. One example is Hans Stish, a farmer and landowner from the town of Riedlingen, who is mentioned in tax records from the year 1543.

The surname STISH also has variants and similar spellings, such as Stisch, Stisser, and Stissinger, which can be found in historical documents from different parts of Germany and neighboring regions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Stish

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

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 Stish 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 Stish 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 Stish was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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