How common is the surname Steiner?

23,735 people in the United States had the surname Steiner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,008 Americans. It ranked 1,511th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Steiner?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Steiner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Steiner?

Rudolf Steiner, Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925), followed by George Steiner.

Where is the surname Steiner most common?

Wikidata records people named Steiner in the United States, Austria and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.

How do you pronounce Steiner?

Steiner is /ˈstaɪnɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Steiner getting more or less common?

More common. 22,874 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,735 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Steiner

A German surname, carried by 23,735 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈstaɪnɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex S356

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steiner is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Steiner.

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 23,735 people named Steiner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,008 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 22,874.

#1,511

rank among US surnames

23,735

people in 2010

8.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,432)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,502	Holbrook	23,843	12,949
#1,504	Hollingsworth	23,831	12,956
#1,505	Clement	23,830	12,956
#1,506	Devine	23,775	12,986
#1,507	Crockett	23,769	12,989
#1,508	Benavides	23,761	12,994
#1,509	Bullard	23,755	12,997

Who is named Steiner

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

95% of people named Steiner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Steiners

24 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rudolf Steiner
Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)
George Steiner
American writer (1928–2020)
Max Steiner
Austrian-born American music composer and conductor (1888–1971)
Matthias Steiner
Austrian-German Weightlifter, born 1982
Leonardo Ulrich Steiner
Brazilian Franciscan Cardinal; 7th Archbishop of Manaus, born 1950
Rick Steiner
American professional wrestler and real estate broker, born 1961
Abby Steiner
American track athlete, born 1999
Herman Steiner
American chess player (1905-1955)
John Steiner
British actor (1941–2022)
Anton Steiner
Alpine skier, born 1958
Marie Steiner-von Sivers
Anthroposophist (1867-1948)
Fred Steiner
American composer, conductor, orchestrator, film historian and arranger for television, ra, 1923–2011

Notable Steiners come mostly from the United States (8), Austria (7) and the United Kingdom (3).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Steiner

Steiner has the Soundex code S356, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S356.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Steiner come from?: Borrowed from German Steiner.
How common is the surname Steiner?: 23,735 people in the United States had the surname Steiner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,008 Americans. It ranked 1,511th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Steiner?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Steiner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Steiner?: Rudolf Steiner, Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925), followed by George Steiner.
Where is the surname Steiner most common?: Wikidata records people named Steiner in the United States, Austria and the United Kingdom and 3 other countries.
How do you pronounce Steiner?: Steiner is /ˈstaɪnɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Steiner getting more or less common?: More common. 22,874 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,735 in 2010, up 3.8%.