# Steger (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,231 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,490 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 59,022 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.1% (4,840 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname for someone who lived near a steep path, from Steiger (“one who ascends”). This surname is also very common in Slavic countries. * As an English surname, variant of Stigger, Sticker (from the noun sticker, referring to several uses of "one who sticks").

## Who carries it

Share of people named Steger 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Steger in Austria and the United States.

## People named Steger

- Michael Steger, American actor
- Norbert Steger, Austrian politician
- Petra Steger, Austrian politician

## Similar surnames

Steiger, Stager, Stiger, Staiger, Stigger, Stoker, Setzer, Stecker, Stgeorge, Steigerwald, Setser, Staker.

## 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.