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    The surname Steigerwald

    A German surname, carried by 2,206 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S326

    Steigerwald: #13,721 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Steigerwald #13,721, 2,206 people Steigerwald: #13,721 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Steigerwald #13,721, 2,206 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steigerwald is more common than 91.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Steigerwald.

    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 2,206 people named Steigerwald in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,957 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,986.

    #13,721
    rank among US surnames
    2,206
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.1%
    change since 2000 (was #13,931)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,713Sprenger2,207139,894
    #13,721Fleischmann2,206139,957
    #13,727Gleaton2,205140,021

    Who is named Steigerwald

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

    96% of people named Steigerwald identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Steigerwalt

    Surnames that sound like Steigerwald

    Steigerwald has the Soundex code S326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S326.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Steigerwald come from?
    Borrowed from German Steigerwald.
    How common is the surname Steigerwald?
    2,206 people in the United States had the surname Steigerwald in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,957 Americans. It ranked 13,721st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Steigerwald?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Steigerwald identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Steigerwald getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,986 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,206 in 2010, up 11%.
    What are other spellings of Steigerwald?
    Steigerwalt.