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The STEIN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 43,331 720 0.016 161
United States (1880 census) 6,256 976 0.013 125
Change since 1880 +37075 +256 +0.003 +36
Other Countries
Australia 1,060 1560 0.006 65
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for STEIN by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 5,303 247 0.028 279
California 4,680 615 0.014 138
Florida 3,650 469 0.023 228
Pennsylvania 3,163 314 0.026 258
Illinois 2,236 462 0.018 180
Top States for STEIN by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
North Dakota 261 168 0.041 406
New York 5,303 247 0.028 279
New Jersey 2,201 291 0.026 262
Pennsylvania 3,163 314 0.026 258
Wisconsin 1,326 324 0.025 247

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called STEIN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called STEIN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called STEIN in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a STEIN by picking someone at random in North Dakota than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of STEIN

Language of origin: Hebrew

Religious origin: Jewish

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the STEIN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of STEIN in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Hispanic) 706 1.63
Mixed Race 477 1.1
Black/African American 390 0.9
Asian/Pacific 221 0.51
Native American/Alaskan 126 0.29
White (Caucasian) 41,420 95.59

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the STEIN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of STEIN in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of STEIN.

Similar names to STEIN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as STEIN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for STEIN

The following words are slight variants of STEIN that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.