How common is the surname Steinke?

5,506 people in the United States had the surname Steinke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,074 Americans. It ranked 6,211th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Steinke?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Steinke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Steinke getting more or less common?

More common. 5,438 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,506 in 2010, up 1.3%.

The surname Steinke

A surname, carried by 5,506 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S352

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steinke is more common than 96.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,506 people named Steinke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,074 Americans. That is up 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,438.

#6,211

rank among US surnames

5,506

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.3%

change since 2000 (was #5,822)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,206	Schutte	5,511	56,024
#6,209	Breland	5,510	56,034
#6,210	Dulaney	5,507	56,064
#6,211	Steinke	5,506	56,074
#6,213	Woodman	5,505	56,085

Who is named Steinke

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

97% of people named Steinke identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Steinke

Steinke has the Soundex code S352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S352.

Questions

How common is the surname Steinke?: 5,506 people in the United States had the surname Steinke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,074 Americans. It ranked 6,211th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Steinke?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Steinke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Steinke getting more or less common?: More common. 5,438 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,506 in 2010, up 1.3%.