# Steenson (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 595 |
| US rank (2010) | 37,442 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 518,900 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.6% (553 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Patronymic surname, from Steen + -son; Steen is a reduced form of the personal name Steven. * Variant of Steensen.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Steenson 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) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Steenson in the United States.

## People named Steenson

- Jeffrey N. Steenson, American Catholic prelate

## Similar surnames

Stinson, Stenson, Stennis, Stdenis, Stensland, Stenstrom, Stancil, Steinke, Stansbury, Stanek, Stenger, Stengel.

## 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.