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steinhoff Name Meaning and History

  1. North German (standardized from Steenhoff): from Middle Low German sten ‘stone’ + hof ‘farmstead’, ‘manor farm’; a topographic name for someone whose farm had stony soil or was distinguished by some conspicuous boulder or rocky outcrop.
  2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German Stein ‘stone’ + Hof ‘farmstead’, ‘manor farm’, ‘court’.

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Distribution of steinhoff Families in the US in 1920
Number of steinhoff families
 14-25
 5-13
 1-4
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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