# Steinmetz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/steinmetz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,032 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,426 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 38,439 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (7,722 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Steinmetz, an occupational name for a stonemason.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Steinmetz in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Steinmetz in Austria and Brazil.

## People named Steinmetz

- Klement Steinmetz, Austrian footballer (1915-2001)
- Geremias Steinmetz, Brazilian archbishop

## Similar surnames

Stender, Stennett, Stanton, Stinnett, Standridge, Standley, Standifer, Standish, Standard, Standiford, Staunton, Standing.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.