How common is the surname Steinbeck?

1,300 people in the United States had the surname Steinbeck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 237,497 Americans. It ranked 20,434th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Steinbeck?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Steinbeck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Steinbeck?

John Steinbeck, American writer (1902–1968), followed by Janet Steinbeck.

Where is the surname Steinbeck most common?

Wikidata records people named Steinbeck in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Steinbeck getting more or less common?

More common. 1,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,300 in 2010, up 7.3%.

The surname Steinbeck

A surname, carried by 1,300 people in the United States.

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). Steinbeck is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,300 people named Steinbeck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 237,497 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,211.

#20,434

rank among US surnames

1,300

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+7.3%

change since 2000 (was #20,397)

Who is named Steinbeck

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

96% of people named Steinbeck identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
Two or more races 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Steinbecks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Steinbeck
American writer (1902–1968)
Janet Steinbeck
Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist, born 1951

Notable Steinbecks come mostly from the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Steinbeck

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

Questions

How common is the surname Steinbeck?: 1,300 people in the United States had the surname Steinbeck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 237,497 Americans. It ranked 20,434th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Steinbeck?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Steinbeck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Steinbeck?: John Steinbeck, American writer (1902–1968), followed by Janet Steinbeck.
Where is the surname Steinbeck most common?: Wikidata records people named Steinbeck in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Steinbeck getting more or less common?: More common. 1,211 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,300 in 2010, up 7.3%.