Steeger

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Toponymic surname from Steeg/Stege, from German Steg ‘bridge, footbridge; narrow path’; 563 bearers

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ʃteːɡɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Steeger is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany
  • USUnited States
  • AUAustralia

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Toponymic surname from Steeg/Stege, from German Steg ‘bridge, footbridge; narrow path’; 563 bearers.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

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Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Theodor Steeger, b. 1874Julius Steeger, b. 1881Albert Steeger, b. 1885Harry Steeger, b. 1903Ingrid Steeger, b. 1947Werner Steeger, b. 1958
  • Theodor Steegerb. 1874DEGerman latinist
  • Julius Steegerb. 1881DEGerman politician and publisher (1881-1954)
  • Albert Steegerb. 1885DEGerman geologist (1885–1958)
  • Harry Steegerb. 1903publisher and co-founded Popular Publications
  • Ingrid Steegerb. 1947DEGerman actress and singer (1947–2023)
  • Werner Steegerb. 1958DEGerman association football player
  • Vittorio SteegerItalian 19th century scientific illustrator and lithographer (d. 1882), member of the Royal Academy of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. He worked in Naples and the ancient site of Pompeii

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)

FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Steeger, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Steeger
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000161#103,193
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020155#118,445
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010130#130,610
BE BelgiumFamilienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register)200819#49,197
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20249#65,843
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—7#64,118
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)20075#79,078
GB United KingdomSurnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register)20025#230,412
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20262—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—2#398,740
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—1#228,288
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Steeger mean, and where does it come from?
Toponymic surname from Steeg/Stege, from German Steg ‘bridge, footbridge; narrow path’; 563 bearers. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
How do you pronounce Steeger?
A machine transcription gives /ʃteːɡɐ/ (IPA) for German.
In which country does Steeger have the most bearers?
Steeger is most frequently recorded in Germany.

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About this data

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Steeger”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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