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Stein

in South Carolina

There are 280 people with the last name "Stein" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

NameRank
Stein 1,898
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  1. is 1,894th most common Bolen
  2. is 1,895th most common Colvin
  3. is 1,896th most common Mccombs
  4. is 1,897th most common Sheriff
  5. is 1,898th most common Stein
  6. is 1,899th most common Sweatt
  7. is 1,900th most common Winters
  8. is 1,901st most common Connolly
  9. is 1,902nd most common Dangerfield

Most Common First Names for Stein

Robert, David, James, Mart, Peter, John, Richard, Glenn, Harold, Larry

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 South Carolina

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Robert Stein, SC (7 searches)
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