The surname Esteban
A Spanish surname, carried by 5,240 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex E231 Also a first name
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Esteban.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 5,240 people named Esteban in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 58,921 Americans. That is up 70% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,092.
Who is named Esteban
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
67% of people named Esteban identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 25% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 4.6% as white (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 67%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 25%
- White (not Hispanic) 4.6%
- Two or more races 2.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Esteban has the Soundex code E231, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code E231.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Esteban come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Esteban.
- How common is the surname Esteban?
- 5,240 people in the United States had the surname Esteban in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 58,921 Americans. It ranked 6,480th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Esteban?
- In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Esteban identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 25% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Esteban getting more or less common?
- More common. 3,092 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,240 in 2010, up 70%.
- Is Esteban also a first name?
- Yes. Esteban is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.