Stenzel Surname: Origin, Meaning & Coat of Arms

Stenzel is easy to measure, thanks to official name counts. Wikidata records Stenzel as a German family name.

Heraldry and the Stenzel name

Coats of arms were borne by individual families. If arms are recorded under the Stenzel name, our researchers explain whose they were and how they were blazoned.

Surname origin

We do not guess at meanings: where the dictionaries are silent on Stenzel, the family's own records come first.

The 2010 census count for Stenzel in the United States was 1,536, good for rank 18,128. It sits within the 25,000 most common last names in the country. INSEE counts 250 people born in France with the Stenzel surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1961–1970. Want more than a summary? See the Stenzel family name pack.