How common is the surname Steinberg?

12,709 people in the United States had the surname Steinberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,293 Americans. It ranked 2,841st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Steinberg?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Steinberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Steinberg?

William Steinberg, American conductor (1899-1978), followed by James Steinberg.

Where is the surname Steinberg most common?

Wikidata records people named Steinberg in the United States.

Is the surname Steinberg getting more or less common?

About as common. 12,715 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,709 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.

The surname Steinberg

A German surname, carried by 12,709 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). Steinberg is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Steinberg.

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 12,709 people named Steinberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,293 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 12,715.

#2,841

rank among US surnames

12,709

people in 2010

4.3

per 100,000 Americans

change since 2000 (was #2,610)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,837	Amato	12,713	24,286
#2,838	Wendt	12,712	24,288
#2,839	Hammonds	12,710	24,292
#2,841	Steinberg	12,709	24,293

Who is named Steinberg

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

95% of people named Steinberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Steinbergs

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Steinberg
American conductor (1899-1978)
James Steinberg
American diplomat, born 1953
Billy Steinberg
American songwriter, 1950–2026
Leo Steinberg
American art historian, university and college faculty member, 1920–2011
Eric Steinberg
American actor, born 1969
Michael Steinberg
American music critic, musicologist, and writer (1928-2009)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Steinberg

Steinberg 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 Steinberg come from?: Borrowed from German Steinberg.
How common is the surname Steinberg?: 12,709 people in the United States had the surname Steinberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,293 Americans. It ranked 2,841st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Steinberg?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Steinberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Steinberg?: William Steinberg, American conductor (1899-1978), followed by James Steinberg.
Where is the surname Steinberg most common?: Wikidata records people named Steinberg in the United States.
Is the surname Steinberg getting more or less common?: About as common. 12,715 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,709 in 2010, a change of 0.0%.