Steinberg: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

Steinberg began as a German family name. Elsdon Smith's dictionary of American family names explains it as “one who came from Steinberg (stone mountain), the name of many places in Germany”.

• Smith also lists Steinberger.
• In the 2010 US Census, 12,709 Americans gave Steinberg as their last name (rank 2,841). INSEE counts 289 people born in France with the Steinberg surname between 1891 and 2000; the busiest decade was 1951–1960. Births under the name grew in the later decades.
• Place names like this marked newcomers by where they had come from.

Family crest and blazon

Coats of arms were borne by individual families. If arms are recorded under the Steinberg name, our researchers explain whose they were and how they were blazoned. For the full story, order the Steinberg surname pack.