# Feuerstein (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/feuerstein/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,478 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,622 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 208,894 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (1,439 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Fairstein |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Feuerstein. Doublet of Firestone.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Feuerstein in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Feuerstein in the United States and Germany.

## People named Feuerstein

- Mark Feuerstein, American actor
- Herbert Feuerstein, Austrian-born German journalist, comedian and entertainer (1937–2020)
- Stephen Furst, American actor (1954–2017)
- Griff Furst, American actor and film director

## Similar surnames

Freestone, Furst, Fuerst, Frost, Forrest, Forrester, Forsythe, Forster, Forsyth, Frausto, Forest, Forester.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.