How common is the surname Eisenstein?

1,236 people in the United States had the surname Eisenstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,794 Americans. It ranked 21,228th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Eisenstein?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Eisenstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Eisenstein?

Elizabeth Eisenstein, American historian (1923–2016), followed by Phyllis Eisenstein.

Where is the surname Eisenstein most common?

Wikidata records people named Eisenstein in the United States.

Is the surname Eisenstein getting more or less common?

More common. 1,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,236 in 2010, up 4.5%.

The surname Eisenstein

A German surname, carried by 1,236 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex E252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Eisenstein is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Eisenstein.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,236 people named Eisenstein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,794 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,183.

#21,228

rank among US surnames

1,236

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.5%

change since 2000 (was #20,763)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#21,228	Corle	1,236	249,794
#21,237	Tillson	1,235	249,996

Who is named Eisenstein

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Eisenstein identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Eisensteins

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elizabeth Eisenstein
American historian (1923–2016)
Phyllis Eisenstein
American writer (1946–2020)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Eisenshtein

Eisenstein has the Soundex code E252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E252.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Eisenstein come from?: Borrowed from German Eisenstein.
How common is the surname Eisenstein?: 1,236 people in the United States had the surname Eisenstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,794 Americans. It ranked 21,228th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Eisenstein?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Eisenstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Eisenstein?: Elizabeth Eisenstein, American historian (1923–2016), followed by Phyllis Eisenstein.
Where is the surname Eisenstein most common?: Wikidata records people named Eisenstein in the United States.
Is the surname Eisenstein getting more or less common?: More common. 1,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,236 in 2010, up 4.5%.
What are other spellings of Eisenstein?: Eisenshtein.