# Steen (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/steen/  
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 Germanic, equivalent to English Stone, equivalent of Peter or Peters (Petros - stone, rock)

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 12,989 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,776 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 23,770 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.1% (12,356 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a general Germanic surname, from Dutch Steen, West Flemish van der steen, Danish Steen, Swedish Steen, Norwegian Steen. Doublet of Stone and Stein. Compare Staines. * As a Scottish surname, shortened from Stephen. * As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, shortened from mac Stiamhna (“son of Stephen”), usually Anglicized as McStephen, McStein.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Steen 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Steen in the United States, Norway and the United Kingdom.

## People named Steen

- Johannes Steen, 6th Prime Minister of Norway (1827–1906)
- James Steen, American water polo player (1876–1949)
- Lynn Steen, American mathematician (1941–2015)
- Michael Stean, British chess grandmaster

## Similar surnames

Stone, Stein, Stine, Seiden, Stem, Sutton, Seaton, Stamm, Stamey, Sitton, Sedano, Sweeten.

## 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.