How common is the surname Steinmetz?

8,032 people in the United States had the surname Steinmetz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,439 Americans. It ranked 4,426th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Steinmetz?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Steinmetz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Steinmetz?

Klement Steinmetz, Austrian footballer (1915-2001), followed by Geremias Steinmetz.

Where is the surname Steinmetz most common?

Wikidata records people named Steinmetz in Austria and Brazil.

Is the surname Steinmetz getting more or less common?

More common. 7,722 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,032 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Steinmetz

A German occupational surname, carried by 8,032 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S353

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steinmetz is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

Steinmetz is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

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 8,032 people named Steinmetz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,439 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,722.

#4,426

rank among US surnames

8,032

people in 2010

2.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #4,245)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,417	Rosser	8,043	38,387
#4,420	Marek	8,042	38,392
#4,421	Castellon	8,041	38,396
#4,422	Dellinger	8,040	38,401
#4,423	Leo	8,039	38,406
#4,424	Shinn	8,038	38,411
#4,425	Bogan	8,034	38,430

Who is named Steinmetz

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

96% of people named Steinmetz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Steinmetzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Klement Steinmetz
Austrian footballer (1915-2001)
Geremias Steinmetz
Brazilian archbishop, born 1965

Notable Steinmetzs come mostly from Austria (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Steinmetz

Steinmetz has the Soundex code S353, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S353.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Steinmetz come from?: Borrowed from German Steinmetz, an occupational name for a stonemason.
How common is the surname Steinmetz?: 8,032 people in the United States had the surname Steinmetz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,439 Americans. It ranked 4,426th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Steinmetz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Steinmetz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Steinmetz?: Klement Steinmetz, Austrian footballer (1915-2001), followed by Geremias Steinmetz.
Where is the surname Steinmetz most common?: Wikidata records people named Steinmetz in Austria and Brazil.
What type of surname is Steinmetz?: Steinmetz is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Steinmetz getting more or less common?: More common. 7,722 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,032 in 2010, up 4.0%.