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    The surname Steffensen

    A surname, carried by 1,102 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S315

    Steffensen: #23,153 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Steffensen #23,153, 1,102 people Steffensen: #23,153 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Steffensen #23,153, 1,102 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steffensen is more common than 85.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,102 people named Steffensen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 280,168 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 997.

    #23,153
    rank among US surnames
    1,102
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.5%
    change since 2000 (was #23,698)

    Who is named Steffensen

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

    96% of people named Steffensen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Steffensens

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Steffensen
      Australian sprinter, born 1982

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Steffensen

    Steffensen 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 Steffensen?
    1,102 people in the United States had the surname Steffensen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 280,168 Americans. It ranked 23,153rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Steffensen?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Steffensen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Steffensen?
    John Steffensen, Australian sprinter.
    Where is the surname Steffensen most common?
    Wikidata records people named Steffensen in Australia.
    Is the surname Steffensen getting more or less common?
    More common. 997 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,102 in 2010, up 11%.