How common is the surname Feuerstein?

1,478 people in the United States had the surname Feuerstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 208,894 Americans. It ranked 18,622nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Feuerstein?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Feuerstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Feuerstein?

Mark Feuerstein, American actor, followed by Herbert Feuerstein.

Where is the surname Feuerstein most common?

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

Is the surname Feuerstein getting more or less common?

More common. 1,439 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,478 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Feuerstein

A German surname, carried by 1,478 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Feuerstein is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Feuerstein. Doublet of Firestone.

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 1,478 people named Feuerstein in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 208,894 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,439.

#18,622

rank among US surnames

1,478

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #17,919)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,614	Hayles	1,479	208,753
#18,622	Soroka	1,478	208,894

Who is named Feuerstein

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

97% of people named Feuerstein identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Feuersteins

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Feuerstein
American actor, born 1971
Herbert Feuerstein
Austrian-born German journalist, comedian and entertainer (1937–2020)
Stephen Furst
American actor (1954–2017)
Griff Furst
American actor and film director, born 1981

Notable Feuersteins come mostly from the United States (3) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Fairstein

Surnames that sound like Feuerstein

Feuerstein has the Soundex code F623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F623.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Feuerstein come from?: Borrowed from German Feuerstein. Doublet of Firestone.
How common is the surname Feuerstein?: 1,478 people in the United States had the surname Feuerstein in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 208,894 Americans. It ranked 18,622nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Feuerstein?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Feuerstein identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Feuerstein?: Mark Feuerstein, American actor, followed by Herbert Feuerstein.
Where is the surname Feuerstein most common?: Wikidata records people named Feuerstein in the United States and Germany.
Is the surname Feuerstein getting more or less common?: More common. 1,439 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,478 in 2010, up 2.7%.
What are other spellings of Feuerstein?: Fairstein.