The Steinberg surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,709 people carried this name — #2,841 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (12,715).
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Steinberg surname
From Stein + Berg.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Steinberg» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 308 people named Steinberg 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 120 people named Steinberg.
49 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Paris.
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 Poland’s population register
82 people named Steinberg have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 202 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
66 people named Steinberg live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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
79 people named Steinberg are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. 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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Steinberg in American newspapers,
1912–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 27,734 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Steinberg,
with a public archive behind them.
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Andreas von Steinberg d. 1375 · politician
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Ellis P. Steinberg d. 1991 · nuclear chemist
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Johann Steinberg d. 1500 · domestic worker
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Leon Steinberg d. 2019 · computer scientist
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G. von Steinberg d. 1853 · beamter
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Hannah Anne Wolfson d. 2015
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Steinberg.
- Steier 885 · U.S. census
- Steiger 3,986 · U.S. census
- Steil 1,825 · U.S. census
- Steimer 442 · U.S. census
- Stein 43,389 · U.S. census
- Steinbach 3,987 · U.S. census
- Steinberger 1,827 · U.S. census
- Steiner 23,735 · U.S. census
- Steininger 1,084 · U.S. census
- Steinle 1,096 · U.S. census
- Steinmann 1,313 · U.S. census
- Steinmetz 8,032 · U.S. census
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