Steinhaus Surname

109,241st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,261 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Steinhaus Surname Definition:

(German) One who came from Steinhaus (stone homestead or castle), the name of many places in Germany.

Steinhaus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2,0991:38,3545,080
United States1,2361:293,25227,177
Brazil5931:361,00213,809
England751:742,90741,196
Argentina591:724,46549,289
Netherlands481:351,81639,430
Israel441:194,49219,021
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
France121:5,535,227269,324
Australia121:2,249,64297,973
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Uruguay111:311,97820,848
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States971:517,71836,097

Steinhaus Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One who came from Steinhaus (stone homestead or castle), the name of many places in Germany.

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

Steinhaus Last Name Facts

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

The surname Steinhaus occurs most in Germany. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Steinhaus? popularity and diffusion

It is the 109,241st most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 1,710,290 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Steinhaus reside; 51 percent reside in Western Europe and 51 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 2,099 people, or 1 in 38,354. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 51 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 10 percent reside and Hesse, where 8 percent reside. Not including Germany it is found in 25 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Brazil, where 14 percent reside.

Steinhaus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Steinhaus has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Steinhaus last name grew 1,274 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 7,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Steinhaus Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Steinhaus last name are 15.3% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.07% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Steinhaus earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 52.56% more than the national average, earning R 362,532 per year; in United States they earn 13.62% more than the national average, earning $49,026 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.66% more than the national average, earning $52,993 CAD per year.

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