Steffens
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈstɛfənz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Steffens is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 6.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- NLNetherlands1 in 18K
- USUnited States1 in 67K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 326 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 6.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈13,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Steffens counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #461 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 6.1K | listed | Steffens | 161 |
| CN China | — | ≈6,600 est. | ≈1 in 211K | — | Steffens | 3 |
| US United States | — | 4,947 | 1 in 67K | 4.9K | Steffens | 326 |
| BR Brazil | — | 3,322 | 1 in 64K | 3.3K | — | 3 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 951 | 1 in 18K | 951 | Steffens | 39 |
| BE Belgium | — | 321 | 1 in 37K | 321 | Steffens | 23 |
| NO Norway | — | 160 | 1 in 34K | 160 | Steffens | 18 |
| DK Denmark | — | 158 | 1 in 37K | 158 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the dfa-band-1 register; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Henrich Steffensb. 1773NOGerman philosopher, theologian, scientist and poet (1773-1845)
- Lincoln Steffensb. 1866USAmerican journalist (1866-1936)
- Erna Steffensb. 1902DEGerman politician (1902-1991)
- Walter Steffensb. 1908DEgymnast
- Gerhard Steffensb. 1927DEGerman politician (1927-1998)
- Karl-Heinz Steffensb. 1961DEGerman clarinettist and conductor
- Barbara Steffensb. 1962DEGerman politician
- Jessica Steffensb. 1987USAmerican water polo player
- Timor Steffensb. 1987NLDutch dancer and choreographer
- Maggie Steffensb. 1993USAmerican water polo player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 29 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4.9K | #6,818 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 4.8K | #6,547 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 4.8K | #6,810 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 3.3K | #3,150 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 951 | #1,815 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 321 | #5,106 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 297 | #5,784 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 160 | #9,862 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 158 | #3,328 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 1 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Steffens?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈstɛfənz/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Steffens have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 13 thousand people named Steffens in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled steffens.
- How common is the name Steffens?
- In the United States, the national register counted 4,947 people named Steffens in 2010, about 1 in 67 thousand residents.
- How common is Steffens compared with other names?
- In Germany, Steffens is the 461st most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/steffensThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Steffens” — the 461st most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.