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Steiner Family History

Steiner Surname Meaning

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): agent derivative of Stein. It is both an occupational name for someone who worked with stone (a quarryman, stonecutter, or stonemason) and a topographic name for someone who lived on stony ground or near a prominent outcrop of rock.

As a Jewish surname, it can also be artificial, distributed at random by Austrian clerks. This surname is also found elsewhere in Europe, e.g. in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Czechia, Croatia, and Slovenia (see also 4 below).

German: occupational name from Middle High German steinen ‘to set in precious stones, gems, boundary stones’ for a goldsmith, paver, or a land surveyor.

German: habitational name for someone from any of the places called Steinau. Germanized form of various Slavic adaptations of the German surname (see 1 above) such as Czech and Slovenian Šteiner, Štajnar, and Štajner (see Stainer and Stayner).

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Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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Where is the Steiner family from?

You can see how Steiner families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Steiner family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Steiner families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 30 Steiner families living in London. This was about 56% of all the recorded Steiner's in United Kingdom. London had the highest population of Steiner families in 1891.
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What did your Steiner ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Carpenter and Unpaid Domestic Duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Steiner. 14% of Steiner men worked as a Carpenter and 54% of Steiner women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties. Some less common occupations for Americans named Steiner were Solicitor and Domestic.

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*We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Top Male Occupations In 1939

  • Carpenter
    14%
  • Refugee
    14%
  • Writer journalist
    14%
  • Solicitor
    9%

Top Female Occupations In 1939

  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    54%
  • Cook
    13%
  • Domestic Servant
    9%
  • Domestic
    6%

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Passenger Lists

There are 31,000 immigration records available for the last name Steiner. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 34,000 military records available for the last name Steiner. For the veterans among your Steiner ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Steiner lifespan?

Between 1943 and 2004, in the United States, Steiner life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1945, and highest in 1949. The average life expectancy for Steiner in 1943 was 69, and 77 in 2004.

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