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Early Origins of the Stiner family

The surname Stiner was first found in Somerset where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held estates in that shire.

Early History of the Stiner family

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Stiner Spelling Variations

Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Stiner have been found, including Stainer, Stayner, Stiner, Styner, Stainor, Staynor, Stynor and many more.

Early Notables of the Stiner family

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Stiner Ranking

In the United States, the name Stiner is the 13,400th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Stiner migration to the United States +

Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Stiner, or a variant listed above:

Stiner Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Hinrich Stiner, aged 23, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1733 2
  • Joh Geo Stiner, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1774 2
Stiner Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Joseph Stiner, who landed in New York in 1866 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Stiner (post 1700) +

  • Alonzo "Lon" Stiner (1903-1985), American football player and coach at Oregon State University from 1933 to 1948
  • Clifford Stiner, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Tennessee, 1944, 1956 3
  • Carl Wade Stiner (b. 1936), retired United States Army four-star general, former Commander in Chief, United States Special Operations Command (USCINCSOC) from 1990 to 1993


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  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. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 17) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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