Stoller
A surname that can point to someone from a place, a status term in German, or a name formed from a similar-sounding occupational or nickname base.
The #8,834 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 83,242 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Stoller is best treated as a surname with more than one possible origin in the German-speaking world. In some cases it may be a habitational name from a place called Stoll, Stollen, or a similar topographic form, with the suffix -er meaning “from” or “of.” In other cases it may be connected with German words related to standing, posture, or a narrow passage or tunnel, though those explanations are less secure without a specific family line. Jewish families in German-speaking areas could also adopt or be assigned surnames built from the same German elements.
History
The name appears chiefly in German-speaking regions and later in North America through 19th- and early-20th-century migration. Because several German roots and place-name possibilities overlap, the surname can have independent origins in different families. In Jewish surname usage, forms like this were often adopted in the period when hereditary surnames became fixed in Central Europe.
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Fun fact
The ending -er is a very common German surname marker and often signals “someone from” a place, even when the first element is hard to pin down.