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    The surname Steinberger

    A surname, carried by 1,827 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S351

    Steinberger: #15,907 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Steinberger #15,907, 1,827 people Steinberger: #15,907 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Steinberger #15,907, 1,827 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steinberger is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,827 people named Steinberger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 168,990 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,770.

    #15,907
    rank among US surnames
    1,827
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.2%
    change since 2000 (was #15,252)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,898Risser1,829168,806
    #15,903Hohl1,828168,898
    #15,907Mullican1,827168,990
    #15,912Sautter1,826169,083

    Who is named Steinberger

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

    96% of people named Steinberger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Steinbergers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Peter Steinberger
      Austrian AI developer and entrepreneur, born 1986

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Steinberger

    Steinberger 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 Steinberger?
    1,827 people in the United States had the surname Steinberger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 168,990 Americans. It ranked 15,907th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Steinberger?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Steinberger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Steinberger?
    Peter Steinberger, Austrian AI developer and entrepreneur.
    Where is the surname Steinberger most common?
    Wikidata records people named Steinberger in Austria.
    Is the surname Steinberger getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,770 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,827 in 2010, up 3.2%.