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Stein

in California

There are 4,103 people with the last name "Stein" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Stein 638
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  1. is 634th most common Chandler
  2. is 635th most common Prado
  3. is 636th most common Hu
  4. is 637th most common Lo
  5. is 638th most common Stein
  6. is 639th most common Walton
  7. is 640th most common Madrid
  8. is 641st most common Tovar
  9. is 642nd most common Haynes

Most Common First Names for Stein

David, Robert, Michael, Richard, James, William, Daniel, Jason, John

Meaning & History

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Stein ‘rock’, Middle High German stein, hence a topographic name either for someone who lived on stony ground or for someone who lived by a notable outcrop of rock or by a stone boundary marker or monument. It could also be a metonymic occupational name for a mason or stonecutter, or, among Jews, an ornamental name. This name is widespread throughout central and eastern Europe.

Dutch: from a reduced form of the personal name Augustijn (see Austin).

Norwegian: habitational name from any of ten or more farmsteads, notably in southeastern Norway, so named from Old Norse steinn ‘stone’.

Scottish: from a reduced form of the personal name Steven (see Steen, Steven).

Northern English and Scottish: from the Old Norse personal name Steinn meaning ‘stone’.

Southern English: habitational name from a place named with Old English stǣne ‘stony place’, for example Stein in Sussex or Steane in Northamptonshire.

Recent Searches for "Stein" in California

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David Stein, CA (9 searches)
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