Explore the Family Name Stiglitz

The meaning of Stiglitz

1. German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Stieglitz. 2. Americanized or Germanized form of Slovenian Štiglic and probably also of Croatian and Slovenian Štiglec: from dialect štiglec ‘goldfinch’ (a loanword from German, but ultimately of Slavic origin; see Stieglitz), as a nickname applied to someone thought to resemble the bird.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname 'Stiglitz' decreased slightly from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 64,385th most popular surname and fell to the 67,519th position in 2010, indicating a decline of 4.87%. Despite this dip in ranking, the actual count of people with the 'Stiglitz' surname marginally rose by 1.04% from 289 to 292 during the same period. The proportion per 100,000 people, however, saw a slight decrease of 9.09%, moving from 0.11 to 0.1.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#64,385	#67,519	-4.87%
Count	289	292	1.04%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Stiglitz

As for ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the 'Stiglitz' surname identify as White, accounting for 98.27% in 2000 and dropping slightly to 97.26% in 2010. During this period, no significant changes were observed among those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Two or more races, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native. However, there was a new emergence of Hispanic identification within the 'Stiglitz' population in 2010, accounting for 1.71%, where none was reported in the 2000 census.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.27%	97.26%	-1.03%
Hispanic	0%	1.71%	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%