Stefan Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Arms linked to Stephan and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Family name meaning

The last name Stefan is one of the recorded forms of Stephan, a well-known German family name. At root, the name means “Crown”.

The two spellings differ in a small detail: Stefan has “f” where Stephan has “ph”. Related forms: Steffan, Stefano and Štěpán. Spanish statistics put 2,094 people with Stefan in first position and 272 in second. 3,013 Americans were listed as Stefan in the 2010 census. That is enough to place it in the top 25,000 American surnames.

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