Show ContentsSteenkamp History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The Swedish name Steenkamp is generally thought to come from personal name Sten. The word "sten," means "stone;" so it may have been a topographic name for someone who lived on stony ground, or perhaps an occupational name for someone who worked with stone.

Steenkamp Ranking

In South Africa, the name Steenkamp is the 247th most popular surname with an estimated 27,232 people with that name. 1


United States Steenkamp migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Steenkamp Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • G. H. Steenkamp, who settled in Baltimore in 1834
  • Marianne Steenkamp, who settled in New Orleans in 1846
  • Marianne Steenkamp, aged 23, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1846 2
  • Anton Steenkamp, who arrived in America in 1849 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Steenkamp (post 1700) +

  • Mr. Philippus Louwrens Steenkamp R.V.M., British Household of the Duke of York, was appointed the Royal Victorian Medal Silver on 8th June 2018 3
  • Petrus Antonius Josephus Maria Steenkamp (1925-2016), Dutch politician, President of the Senate of the Netherlands (1983-1991)
  • Wilhelm Steenkamp (b. 1985), South African rugby union player
  • Reeva Steenkamp (1983-2013), South African model killed by her boyfriend, Olympic and Paralympic athlete Oscar Pistorius
  • Lenin Steenkamp (b. 1969), South African footballer
  • Gurthrö Steenkamp (b. 1981), South African rugby union player
  • Ewald Steenkamp (b. 1988), Namibian cricketer, a right-handed batsman who fields as a wicket-keeper
  • Michiel De Kock Steenkamp (b. 1987), South African rugby union player


  1. "Most Common Last Names in South Africa." Forebears, https://forebears.io/south-africa/surnames
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. "Birthday and New Year Honours Lists (1940 to 2019)." Issue 62507, 28 December 2018 | London Gazette, The Gazette, Dec. 2018, www.thegazette.co.uk/honours-lists


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