Steiger Surname
Approximately 24,774 people bear this surname
Steiger Surname Definition:
(Dutch) Dweller on, or near, the pier or boat-landing place.
Read More About This SurnameSteiger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 9,496 | 1:8,478 | 1,043 |
| United States | 5,639 | 1:64,277 | 7,527 |
| Switzerland | 5,343 | 1:1,537 | 124 |
| Austria | 1,334 | 1:6,383 | 771 |
| France | 606 | 1:109,608 | 16,346 |
| Brazil | 540 | 1:396,434 | 15,111 |
| Canada | 407 | 1:90,530 | 9,953 |
| Czechia | 204 | 1:52,125 | 8,732 |
| Hungary | 199 | 1:49,328 | 5,265 |
| Netherlands | 102 | 1:165,561 | 24,214 |
| Guatemala | 102 | 1:157,673 | 3,468 |
| Israel | 91 | 1:94,040 | 10,977 |
| Australia | 83 | 1:325,249 | 27,873 |
| England | 71 | 1:784,761 | 42,668 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Japan | 50 | 1:2,556,886 | 31,037 |
| South Africa | 46 | 1:1,177,776 | 67,773 |
| Belgium | 41 | 1:280,406 | 33,354 |
| Argentina | 39 | 1:1,095,985 | 66,746 |
| Dominican Republic | 31 | 1:336,546 | 11,471 |
| Slovakia | 29 | 1:184,016 | 31,260 |
| Paraguay | 28 | 1:258,455 | 4,403 |
| Malaysia | 21 | 1:1,404,487 | 59,312 |
| Liechtenstein | 20 | 1:1,919 | 202 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Poland | 12 | 1:3,167,396 | 120,990 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Ecuador | 9 | 1:1,767,316 | 20,027 |
| Uruguay | 8 | 1:428,970 | 23,885 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 1:1,929,780 | 92,581 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Romania | 5 | 1:4,015,574 | 58,306 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Chile | 3 | 1:5,872,158 | 52,204 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Honduras | 2 | 1:4,408,221 | 7,709 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 746 | 1:67,317 | 7,303 |
The alternate forms: Šteiger (86) are calculated separately.
Steiger (38) may also be a first name.
Steiger Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Dutch) Dweller on, or near, the pier or boat-landing place.
User-submitted Reference
Steiger is a variant of Steger, an occupational name from Middle High German stiger 'foreman', 'mine inspector'. Also a habitational name for someone from Steige in Alsace.
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Steiger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Steiger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Steiger (Arabic: ستيغر) is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Šteiger. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Steiger? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 21,948th most commonly held family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 294,161 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 71 percent of Steiger reside; 68 percent reside in Western Europe and 64 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Steiger is also the 1,662,754th most prevalent first name world-wide, held by 38 people.
The surname Steiger is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 9,496 people, or 1 in 8,478. In Germany Steiger is most prevalent in: Bavaria, where 29 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 22 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent reside. Apart from Germany this surname is found in 74 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Switzerland, where 22 percent reside.
Steiger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Steiger has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 756 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,014 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Steiger Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Steiger last name is chiefly Evangelical (75%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Steiger surname are 6.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 53.23% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Steiger earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 76.27% less than the national average, earning S/. 4,601 per year; in South Africa they earn 25.21% more than the national average, earning R 297,552 per year; in United States they earn 10.44% more than the national average, earning $47,654 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.81% less than the national average, earning $48,784 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Steiger Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Steiger in the Arabic language | ||
| ستيغر | styghr | - |
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Footnotes
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