Steffan Family Crest & Name History

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Steffan is usually a form of Stephan. Read literally, Steffan points to “Crown”.

• Before spelling was fixed, Stephan was also written Steffan.
• Related forms: Stefan, Stefano and Štěpán.
• In the 2010 US Census, 1,847 Americans gave Steffan as their last name (rank 15,777). That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames. Between 1891 and 2000, 727 babies born in France were registered as Steffan, with the most births in 1941–1950.
• Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.

Arms associated with the name

Arms linked to Stephan and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Steffan report, with a museum-style coat of arms.