as a Last Name
- 45,085
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Stein
Meaning & Origins
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.
| 645th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Steiner, Steinberg, Steinmetz, Steinke, Steinman, Steinbach, Steiger, Steinhoff, Steinhauer, Steinert
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 45,085
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Stein per capita
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