How common is the surname Stegeman?

1,290 people in the United States had the surname Stegeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,338 Americans. It ranked 20,553rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stegeman?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Stegeman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Stegeman getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,290 in 2010, down 2.8%.

The surname Stegeman

A German surname, carried by 1,290 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S325

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stegeman is more common than 87.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

Variant of Stegemann.

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 1,290 people named Stegeman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 239,338 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,327.

#20,553

rank among US surnames

1,290

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2.8%

change since 2000 (was #18,994)

Who is named Stegeman

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

96% of people named Stegeman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stegeman

Stegeman has the Soundex code S325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S325.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Stegeman come from?: Variant of Stegemann.
How common is the surname Stegeman?: 1,290 people in the United States had the surname Stegeman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,338 Americans. It ranked 20,553rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stegeman?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Stegeman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Stegeman getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,327 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,290 in 2010, down 2.8%.