The Steib surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 826 people carried this name — #28,809 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 357,100 people counted. That is down 4% from 864 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 319 people named Steib.
13 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
54 people named Steib live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Stadt.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 47 people named Steib live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Steib,
with a public archive behind them.
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Erwin Steib 1888–1971 · singer
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Josef Steib 1898–1957 · photographer
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Joseph Steib 1898–1966 · painter
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Wilfrid Steib 1931–2011 · architect
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Katharina Steib 1935–2022 · architect
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J. Terry Steib 1940– · Catholic bishop
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Steib.
- Stegmann 520 · U.S. census
- Stegner 1,695 · U.S. census
- Stehle 1,371 · U.S. census
- Stehli 118 · U.S. census
- Stehlin 422 · U.S. census
- Stehly 298 · U.S. census
- Steibel 156 · U.S. census
- Steichen 951 · U.S. census
- Steier 885 · U.S. census
- Steiger 3,986 · U.S. census
- Steil 1,825 · U.S. census
- Steimer 442 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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