Explore the Family Name Steinert

The meaning of Steinert

German: variant of Steiner. Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Eberhardt, Erna, Heinz, Otto, Reinhold, Ulrike.

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How common is the last name Steinert in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Steinert has seen a slight decline in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, it ranked as the 14,615th most popular surname, but by 2010, its rank had dropped to 15,194, marking a change of -3.96%. However, despite this decrease in rank, the number of people with the surname Steinert actually increased from 1,867 in 2000 to 1,939 in 2010, representing a growth of 3.86%. The proportion per 100,000 people also saw a slight decrease over this period from 0.69 to 0.66.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#14,615	#15,194	-3.96%
Count	1,867	1,939	3.86%
Proportion per 100k	0.69	0.66	-4.35%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Steinert

In terms of ethnicity based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of individuals with the Steinert surname identify as white, although the proportion decreased slightly from 95.88% in 2000 to 94.95% in 2010. The second largest ethnic group within the Steinert surname is those identifying with two or more races, which saw an increase from 1.50% in 2000 to 1.86% in 2010. Notably, the percentage of individuals identifying as Hispanic almost doubled during this time period, jumping from 1.71% to 2.58%. The Asian/Pacific Islander group experienced a modest increase from 0.43% to 0.46%. There were no changes for Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories, both remained at 0%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.88%	94.95%	-0.97%
Hispanic	1.71%	2.58%	50.88%
Two or More Races	1.5%	1.86%	24%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.43%	0.46%	6.98%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%