Steinberg Surname

14,304th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 38,966 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Steinberg Surname Definition:

(Ger.) Stony or Rocky Hill [see Stein and Berg]

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Steinberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States20,6311:17,5692,226
Germany9,1121:8,8351,096
Israel3,7731:2,268262
Canada1,4491:25,4283,421
South Africa6191:87,52510,755
England5321:104,73310,973
France4781:138,96021,353
Argentina4491:95,1978,015
Australia4011:67,3218,011
Brazil2881:743,31427,136
Estonia2681:4,932494
Poland1311:290,14334,919
Norway1181:43,5796,247
Thailand741:954,572147,178
Switzerland611:134,63813,235
Spain471:994,72437,216
Netherlands451:375,27140,838
Mexico411:3,027,46822,993
Sweden381:259,12517,909
Faroe Islands381:1,289158
Denmark351:161,27813,908
Latvia331:62,1239,312
Russia271:5,337,891231,865
Chile231:765,93416,989
Austria211:405,49741,758
Jamaica191:151,0505,132
Finland181:305,37222,464
New Zealand171:266,37223,826
Costa Rica161:298,7543,169
Czechia141:759,53467,321
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Hungary81:1,227,03553,030
China71:195,331,65210,124
Japan71:18,263,47047,869
Moldova71:508,76732,975
Uruguay71:490,25125,911
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Croatia51:845,72148,179
United States Virgin Islands51:22,0752,767
Sri Lanka41:5,202,14012,146
Botswana41:546,73222,624
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Ecuador31:5,301,94930,184
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Iceland21:190,0456,825
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
Panama21:1,956,12915,285
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Liechtenstein11:38,3781,726
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Micronesia11:106,2431,380
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England431:566,86929,432
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6861:73,2057,843

Steinberg (71) may also be a first name.

Steinberg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Ger.) Stony or Rocky Hill [see Stein and Berg]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Stone-Mountain” Place name in Germany.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) One who came from Steinberg (stone mountain), the name of many places in Germany.

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

(from a place name) There are many places by the name in Germany, and there is one town in Hungary. There is actually a Stone Mountain (Steinberg) near Brody, Galicia. Sometimes the name is taken from a place where there was a hill of stones.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

User-submitted Reference

A German surname that means 'stone mountain'.

- ajstenberg95

Steinberg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Steinberg (Arabic: ستينبرغ) is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Steinberg.

How Common Is The Last Name Steinberg? popularity and diffusion

Steinberg is the 14,304th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 187,023 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Steinberg live; 57 percent live in North America and 56 percent live in Anglo-North America. Steinberg is also the 1,152,838th most frequently held forename globally It is held by 71 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 20,631 people, or 1 in 17,569. In The United States it is primarily found in: New York, where 21 percent reside, California, where 14 percent reside and Florida, where 10 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 91 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 23 percent reside and Israel, where 10 percent reside.

Steinberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Steinberg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Steinberg last name grew 3,007 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 1,237 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Steinberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Steinberg are 40.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 93.86% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Steinberg earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 17.21% more than the national average, earning 405,653 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 97.25% more than the national average, earning R 468,744 per year; in United States they earn 26.01% more than the national average, earning $54,371 USD per year and in Canada they earn 45.15% more than the national average, earning $72,114 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Steinberg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Steinberg in the Arabic language
ستينبرغstynbrgh-

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Steinberg Reference & Research

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Steiner FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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