Explore the Family Name Stelmack

The meaning of Stelmack

Americanized form of Polish, Jewish, and Rusyn (from Poland) Stelmach or Sztelmach, Rusyn (from Slovakia) Štelmach, Ukrainian and Jewish Stelmakh or Shtelmakh, all from a word of German origin meaning ‘wheelwright, cartwright’.

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How common is the last name Stelmack in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname 'Stelmack' has seen a slight decrease over the decade from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked at 45,227 in terms of frequency and this rank fell to 47,006 in 2010, marking a change of -3.93%. However, interestingly, the actual count of individuals with the 'Stelmack' surname increased slightly by 1.35% from 446 in 2000 to 452 in 2010. This slight increase in count is accompanied by a decrease in the proportion per 100k people from 0.17 to 0.15, indicating a net decrease of 11.76%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#45,227	#47,006	-3.93%
Count	446	452	1.35%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.15	-11.76%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Stelmack

The Decennial U.S. Census also provides information about the ethnic identity associated with the 'Stelmack' surname. The vast majority of people with this surname are identified as White, although this percentage decreased somewhat from 98.21% in 2000 to 96.02% in 2010. There were no individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either 2000 or 2010. The data for those identifying as two or more races was suppressed for privacy reasons. Interestingly, there was a new emergence of individuals with the 'Stelmack' surname identifying as Hispanic in 2010, which was not recorded in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.21%	96.02%	-2.23%
Hispanic	0%	2.21%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%