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Stein

in Kentucky

There are 208 people with the last name "Stein" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

NameRank
Stein 2,346
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  1. is 2,342nd most common Collinsworth
  2. is 2,343rd most common Goodrich
  3. is 2,344th most common Hewitt
  4. is 2,345th most common Layman
  5. is 2,346th most common Stein
  6. is 2,347th most common Thorn
  7. is 2,348th most common Waldrop
  8. is 2,349th most common Daulton
  9. is 2,350th most common Hawks

Most Common First Names for Stein

John, Joseph, Robert, Thomas, Barbara, Caprice, Charles, Chris, David, Heather

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.

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