Find out how popular the last name Steinman is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Steinman.

Steinman, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Steinman surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Steinman in America

Steinman is the 7988th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Steinman surname appeared 4,139 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Steinman.

We can also compare 2010 data for Steinman to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Steinman

The surname Steinman is of German origin, tracing its roots back to the Middle Ages. It is derived from the German words "stein" meaning stone and "mann" meaning man, likely referring to someone who worked with stone, such as a stonemason or quarryman.

The earliest recorded instances of the name can be found in various German regional records from the 13th and 14th centuries. One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Hans Steinman, a stonemason from the town of Nuremberg, who lived in the late 14th century.

During the medieval period, the name Steinman was predominantly found in the regions of Bavaria and Saxony, where there were numerous stonemasons and quarries. The name was also associated with the trade guilds of the time, as stonemasons often belonged to these organizations.

In the 16th century, the Steinman surname appeared in the records of the city of Augsburg, where a family of stonemasons and architects lived and worked. This family was responsible for the construction of several notable buildings in the city, including the Fuggerei, one of the oldest social housing complexes in the world.

One notable figure in the history of the Steinman name was Johann Steinman, a German architect and engineer who lived in the late 17th century. He was responsible for the design and construction of several churches and public buildings throughout Germany.

Another significant bearer of the name was Friedrich Steinman, a German-American civil engineer who lived from 1886 to 1964. He was renowned for his work on several major bridge projects, including the Thousand Islands Bridge and the Deer Isle Bridge in the United States.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the Steinman name was also found among German immigrants to North America. One such individual was Jacob Steinman, who was born in Bavaria in 1835 and later emigrated to the United States, settling in Pennsylvania.

Throughout its history, the Steinman surname has been associated with the stonemason trade, architecture, and engineering, reflecting its origins as a occupational name derived from the German words for "stone" and "man".

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Steinman

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Steinman.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Steinman was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Steinman has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Steinman was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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