Stutz History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Germany

Concerning "the origin of this name there is a tradition, that the first of the family came over with William the Conqueror, as standard-bearer to Viscompte De Pulesdon, a noble Norman, and that the name is derived from the office of a standard-bearer, and was anciently written De La Standard, corrupted to Stodard or Stodart." 1

Other sources note the name was an occupational name for a "horse-keeper" from the Old English ‘stud (of horses)’ and hlerde ‘herd.’ 2 3 4

Early Origins of the Stutz family

The surname Stutz was first found in Cumberland (Cumbria) where Vlfus Stodhyrda was listed in the Pipe Rolls of 1195. A few years later, Geoffrey Stodhurd was listed in the Curia Regis Rolls for Northumberland in 1219. Later again, John the Stodhirde was found in the Assize Rolls for Cheshire in 1286 and Richard le Stodehard was found in Yorkshire in 1332. Thomas Stoderd and John Stodard were both listed as Freemen of York in 1481 and 1482 respectively. 4

Early History of the Stutz family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Stutz research. Another 120 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1376, 1568, 1750, 1755, 1765, 1770, 1773, 1779, 1780, 1790, 1791, 1794, 1796, 1798, 1801, 1803, 1807, 1812, 1816, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1834, 1836, 1839, 1846, 1853, 1856, 1872, 1879 and 1895 are included under the topic Early Stutz History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Stutz Spelling Variations

Stoddart, Stoddard, Stodart, Stodhard, Stodhart, Stothert, Stodird

Early Notables of the Stutz family

Notable amongst the family name during their early history was Sir John Stoddart (1773-1856), English journalist, eldest son of John Stoddart, lieutenant in the Royal Navy, born at Salisbury on 6 Feb. 1773. He was educated at Salisbury grammar school, and matriculated on 25 Oct. 1790 from Christ Church, Oxford, where he was elected a student in 1791, and graduated B.A. in 1794, B.C.L. in 1798, and D.C.L. in 1801. He was admitted a member of the College of Advocates in 1801, and from 1803 to 1807 he was the king's and the admiralty advocate at Malta. Returning to England...
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Stutz Ranking

In the United States, the name Stutz is the 9,499^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 5

Stutz migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Stutz Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Ulrich Stutz, who arrived in Carolina in 1738 6
Hans Stutz, who landed in Georgia in 1742 6
Lewis Stutz, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1763 6
Johannes Stutz, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1764 6
Georg Leonhart Stutz, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1764 6
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Stutz Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Johann Jakob Stutz, aged 27, who arrived in New York, NY in 1853 6
William Stutz, who landed in Ohio in 1882 6

Contemporary Notables of the name Stutz (post 1700) +

Colonel Leroy W. Stutz (1939-2023), American Air Force officer, pilot and prisoner of war for 2,284 days (6.25 years) during the Vietnam War
Jochen Stutz, American Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of California Los Angeles
Bruno Stutz (1938-2015), Swiss white-faced clown known for his performances with the Chickys
Josef Stutz (1877-1948), Swiss Conservative politician
Harry C Stutz (1876-1930), founder of the Ideal Motor Car Company in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1911, later to be renamed the Stutz Motor Company

Citations +

Arthur, William , An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. London: 1857. Print
Harrison, Henry, Surnames of the United Kingdom: A Concise Etymological Dictionary Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 2013. Print
Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)