Steinbach Surname

18,501st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 29,807 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Luxembourg

Steinbach Surname Definition:

(Ger.) Stony or Rocky Brook [see Stein and Bach]

Steinbach Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany18,5681:4,336498
United States5,6471:64,1867,520
Brazil1,5871:134,8925,150
Austria6821:12,4861,774
Argentina6301:67,8475,793
France3941:168,58626,233
Canada3721:99,04710,758
Hungary2881:34,0843,718
Czechia2031:52,3828,787
Luxembourg1881:3,088390
Netherlands1651:102,34716,582
Israel1441:59,4287,587
South Africa1261:429,98236,940
Switzerland1131:72,6818,609
Belgium1071:107,44516,114
Sweden881:111,8958,035
Denmark651:86,8428,367
Poland631:603,31354,622
England551:1,013,05650,089
Namibia421:57,3676,674
Suriname321:17,2694,028
Estonia271:48,9569,235
Spain261:1,798,15550,469
Australia261:1,038,29659,744
Norway191:270,64728,127
Thailand171:4,155,197336,594
Scotland161:334,61415,044
Slovenia141:177,69114,620
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Iceland101:38,0092,599
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Croatia71:604,08640,820
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Peru51:6,356,82538,776
Romania51:4,015,57458,306
French Polynesia41:70,2014,444
Slovakia41:1,334,11294,300
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Bolivia31:3,538,81111,393
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
China31:455,773,85521,925
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5531:90,8119,350

Steinbach (11) may also be a first name.

Steinbach Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) Stony or Rocky Brook [see Stein and Bach]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(German) One who came from Steinbach (stony brook), the name of many places in Germany.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Steinbach Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Steinbach Come From? nationality or country of origin

Steinbach is found most frequently in Germany. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Steinbach? popularity and diffusion

The surname Steinbach is the 18,501st most frequently held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 244,491 people. The surname Steinbach is primarily found in Europe, where 71 percent of Steinbach live; 68 percent live in Western Europe and 66 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 11 people.

It is most commonly used in Germany, where it is held by 18,568 people, or 1 in 4,336. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 24 percent live, Saxony, where 12 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 12 percent live. Not including Germany it is found in 65 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 19 percent live and Brazil, where 5 percent live.

Steinbach Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Steinbach has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,021 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 688 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Steinbach Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Steinbach last name are 14.09% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60.86% registered with the political party.

The amount Steinbach earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 16.09% more than the national average, earning 401,769 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 51.91% more than the national average, earning R 360,996 per year; in United States they earn 6.83% more than the national average, earning $46,097 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.9% more than the national average, earning $51,622 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Steimbach89608/
Steinbech898/
Stimbach8243/
Stembach8231/
Staimbach7815/
Stiembach781/
Stambach71402/
Stemboch715/
Stammbach67340/
Shtembakh675/
Stambauch674/
Stoumbauch631/
Štambach5914/
Stamboch590/
Štambachová5014/

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