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    The surname Steffan

    A surname, carried by 1,847 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S315

    Steffan: #15,777 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Steffan #15,777, 1,847 people Steffan: #15,777 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Steffan #15,777, 1,847 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steffan is more common than 90.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,847 people named Steffan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 167,161 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,787.

    #15,777
    rank among US surnames
    1,847
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #15,139)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,771Prock1,848167,070
    #15,777Sanz1,847167,161
    #15,784Sood1,846167,251

    Who is named Steffan

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

    95% of people named Steffan identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Steffan

    Steffan has the Soundex code S315, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S315.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Steffan?
    1,847 people in the United States had the surname Steffan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 167,161 Americans. It ranked 15,777th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Steffan?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Steffan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Steffan getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,787 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,847 in 2010, up 3.4%.