How common is the surname Stegner?

1,695 people in the United States had the surname Stegner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,151 Americans. It ranked 16,839th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stegner?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stegner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Stegner?

Wallace Stegner, American historian, writer, and environmentalist (1909-1993).

Where is the surname Stegner most common?

Wikidata records people named Stegner in the United States.

Is the surname Stegner getting more or less common?

More common. 1,510 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,695 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Stegner

A surname, carried by 1,695 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). Stegner is more common than 89.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,695 people named Stegner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 182,151 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,510.

#16,839

rank among US surnames

1,695

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+12.3%

change since 2000 (was #17,260)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,833	Kaser	1,696	182,043
#16,839	Sowinski	1,695	182,151
#16,848	Stoehr	1,694	182,258

Who is named Stegner

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

94% of people named Stegner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stegners

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Wallace Stegner
American historian, writer, and environmentalist (1909-1993)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stegner

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

Questions

How common is the surname Stegner?: 1,695 people in the United States had the surname Stegner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 182,151 Americans. It ranked 16,839th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stegner?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Stegner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Stegner?: Wallace Stegner, American historian, writer, and environmentalist (1909-1993).
Where is the surname Stegner most common?: Wikidata records people named Stegner in the United States.
Is the surname Stegner getting more or less common?: More common. 1,510 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,695 in 2010, up 12%.