The Steen surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,989 people carried this name — #2,776 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,700 people counted. That is up 5% from 12,356 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Steen surname
A surname from Germanic, equivalent to English Stone, equivalent of Peter or Peters (Petros - stone, rock).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Steen» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 488 people named Steen live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in West Flanders.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 6 births for the Steen name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 300 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 110 people named Steen.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
51 people named Steen live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
5,571 people named Steen are counted in Norway, Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Steen in American newspapers,
1887–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 96,307 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Steen,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jan Steen 1626–1679 · painter -
Anne Steen d. 2006 · politician
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James Steen d. 1862
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Rose Steen d. 1947
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Olive Georgina Steen d. 1958
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Tidemann Steen 1400–1441 · mayor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Steen.
- Stebler 138 · U.S. census
- Stec 2,215 · U.S. census
- Stecher 896 · U.S. census
- Steck 3,564 · U.S. census
- Steckler 1,529 · U.S. census
- Steeg 351 · U.S. census
- Stefan 3,013 · U.S. census
- Stefanelli 928 · U.S. census
- Stefani 1,702 · U.S. census
- Stefaniak 1,019 · U.S. census
- Stefanini 239 · U.S. census
- Stefano 1,285 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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