The Steiner surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,735 people carried this name — #1,511 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 22,874 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
17,108 people named Steiner live in Switzerland.
They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 1,780 people named Steiner.
168 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 68 départements, most often Bas-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 Argentina’s national register
At least 395 people named Steiner 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.
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 Poland’s population register
208 people named Steiner have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 328 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 14 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 41 people named Steiner 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 Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
614 people named Steiner 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
Steiner in American newspapers,
1852–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 862,200 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Steiner,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Nepomuk Steiner 1725–1793 · painter -
Johann Georg Steiner 1739–1807 · gardener -
David Eduard Steiner 1811–1860 · painter -
Julius Steiner 1816–1889 · actor -
Lewis Henry Steiner 1827–1892 · librarian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 134 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Steiner.
- Steil 1,825 · U.S. census
- Steimer 442 · U.S. census
- Stein 43,389 · U.S. census
- Steinbach 3,987 · U.S. census
- Steinberg 12,709 · U.S. census
- Steinberger 1,827 · 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
- Steis 158 · U.S. census
- Stell 2,292 · U.S. census
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