How common is the surname Steinbach?

3,987 people in the United States had the surname Steinbach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,438 Americans. It ranked 8,312th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Steinbach?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Steinbach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Steinbach?

Emil Steinbach, Austrian politician, 1891-1893 Minister of Finance.

Where is the surname Steinbach most common?

Wikidata records people named Steinbach in Austria–Hungary.

How do you pronounce Steinbach?

Steinbach is /ˈstaɪnbæk/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Steinbach getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,987 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Steinbach

A German surname, carried by 3,987 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈstaɪnbæk/ 2 syllables Soundex S351

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steinbach is more common than 94.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Steinbach.

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 3,987 people named Steinbach in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 77,438 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,993.

#8,312

rank among US surnames

3,987

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,688)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,304	Vannoy	3,991	77,360
#8,305	Jean-Pierre	3,990	77,380
#8,308	Press	3,989	77,399
#8,312	Steinbach	3,987	77,438
#8,313	Rideout	3,986	77,457
#8,316	Woodhouse	3,985	77,477
#8,317	Odle	3,984	77,496

Who is named Steinbach

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

95% of people named Steinbach identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Steinbachs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Emil Steinbach
Austrian politician, 1891-1893 Minister of Finance

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Stinebaugh

Surnames that sound like Steinbach

Steinbach has the Soundex code S351, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S351.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Steinbach come from?: Borrowed from German Steinbach.
How common is the surname Steinbach?: 3,987 people in the United States had the surname Steinbach in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 77,438 Americans. It ranked 8,312th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Steinbach?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Steinbach identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Steinbach?: Emil Steinbach, Austrian politician, 1891-1893 Minister of Finance.
Where is the surname Steinbach most common?: Wikidata records people named Steinbach in Austria–Hungary.
How do you pronounce Steinbach?: Steinbach is /ˈstaɪnbæk/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Steinbach getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,987 in 2010, down 0.2%.
What are other spellings of Steinbach?: Stinebaugh.