# Firestone (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/firestone/  
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 | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,480 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,434 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 68,916 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.4% (4,251 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Translation of the German toponymic surname Feuerstein, from Feuer (“fire”) + Stein (“stone”). Doublet of Feuerstein.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Firestone 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) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Firestone in the United States.

## People named Firestone

- Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman
- Eddie Firestone, actor on radio, television, and film (1920-2007)

## Similar surnames

Freestone, Forester, First, Frost, Forrest, Forrester, Forsythe, Forster, Forsyth, Frausto, Forest, Frechette.

## 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.