The Steininger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,084 people carried this name — #23,457 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 270,300 people counted. That is down 4% from 1,125 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
144 people named Steininger live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 88 people named Steininger.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Moselle.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 21 people named Steininger 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 Steininger,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Steininger 1794–1874 · historian -
Augustin Steininger 1794–1875 · regular priest -
Karl von Steininger 1847–1929 · military officer -
Peter Steininger 1580– · mintmaster
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Franz Steininger 1739–1805 · poet
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Johann Baptist Steininger 1778–1847 · Catholic priest
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Steininger.
- 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
- Steiner 23,735 · 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
- Stella 4,053 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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