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
Steiger (Arabic: ستيغر) is most common in Germany. It can also be found as a variant: Šteiger. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Steiger? popularity and diffusion
The surname Steiger is the 21,948th most commonly used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 294,161 people. The surname Steiger is mostly found in Europe, where 71 percent of Steiger live; 68 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 38 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Germany, where it is held by 9,496 people, or 1 in 8,478. In Germany Steiger is mostly found in: Bavaria, where 29 percent are found, Baden-Württemberg, where 22 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent are found. Apart from Germany Steiger exists in 74 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent are found and Switzerland, where 22 percent are found.
Steiger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Steiger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Steiger surname 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 adherence of those carrying the Steiger last name is predominantly Evangelical (75%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Steiger last name are 6.46% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.23% being registered with the 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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Steiger Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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