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Stein

in North Carolina

There are 617 people with the last name "Stein" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
Stein 1,797
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  1. is 1,793rd most common Cribb
  2. is 1,794th most common Ragland
  3. is 1,795th most common Knapp
  4. is 1,796th most common Ortega
  5. is 1,797th most common Stein
  6. is 1,798th most common Mozingo
  7. is 1,799th most common Peace
  8. is 1,800th most common Reilly
  9. is 1,801st most common Needham

Most Common First Names for Stein

David, Mart, John, Matthew, Robert, Jeffrey, Peter, Carol, Christopher, Joseph

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 North Carolina

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