How common is the surname Firestone?

4,480 people in the United States had the surname Firestone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,916 Americans. It ranked 7,434th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Firestone?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Firestone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Firestone?

Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, followed by Eddie Firestone.

Where is the surname Firestone most common?

Wikidata records people named Firestone in the United States.

Is the surname Firestone getting more or less common?

More common. 4,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,480 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname Firestone

A German place surname, carried by 4,480 people in the United States.

2 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). Firestone is more common than 95.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

Firestone is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 4,480 people named Firestone in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,916 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,251.

#7,434

rank among US surnames

4,480

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,237)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,430	Marinelli	4,483	68,870
#7,431	Conard	4,482	68,886
#7,433	Astorga	4,481	68,901
#7,434	Firestone	4,480	68,916
#7,437	Deel	4,478	68,947

Who is named Firestone

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

95% of people named Firestone identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Firestones

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Harvey Samuel Firestone
American businessman, 1868–1938
Eddie Firestone
Actor on radio, television, and film (1920-2007)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Firestone

Firestone 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 Firestone come from?: Translation of the German toponymic surname Feuerstein, from Feuer (“fire”) + Stein (“stone”). Doublet of Feuerstein.
How common is the surname Firestone?: 4,480 people in the United States had the surname Firestone in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,916 Americans. It ranked 7,434th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Firestone?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Firestone identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Firestone?: Harvey Samuel Firestone, American businessman, followed by Eddie Firestone.
Where is the surname Firestone most common?: Wikidata records people named Firestone in the United States.
What type of surname is Firestone?: Firestone is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Firestone getting more or less common?: More common. 4,251 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,480 in 2010, up 5.4%.