How common is the surname Steitz?

1,076 people in the United States had the surname Steitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,938 Americans. It ranked 23,587th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Steitz?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Steitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Steitz?

Thomas A. Steitz, American biochemist (1940–2018), followed by Joan A. Steitz.

Where is the surname Steitz most common?

Wikidata records people named Steitz in the United States.

Is the surname Steitz getting more or less common?

More common. 1,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,076 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Steitz

A surname, carried by 1,076 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S332

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steitz is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,076 people named Steitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 286,938 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,024.

#23,587

rank among US surnames

1,076

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #23,237)

Who is named Steitz

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

96% of people named Steitz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Steitzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thomas A. Steitz
American biochemist (1940–2018)
Joan A. Steitz
American biochemist, born 1941

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Steitz

Steitz has the Soundex code S332, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S332.

Questions

How common is the surname Steitz?: 1,076 people in the United States had the surname Steitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 286,938 Americans. It ranked 23,587th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Steitz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Steitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Steitz?: Thomas A. Steitz, American biochemist (1940–2018), followed by Joan A. Steitz.
Where is the surname Steitz most common?: Wikidata records people named Steitz in the United States.
Is the surname Steitz getting more or less common?: More common. 1,024 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,076 in 2010, up 5.1%.