Steppuhn is a Germanized Lithuanian family name, originating from East Prussia . Notable people with the surname include
(1877–1955), German general (born 1950), German politician (Christian Democratic Union (CDU)) (born 1962), German politician (Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)) Elisabet Boehm or Elisabet Steppuhn (1859–1943), German feminist and writer Friedrich Steppuhn, birth name of Fyodor Stepun (1884–1965), Russian-German writer, philosopher, historian and sociologist (1827-1907), German landowner and member of the Reichstag, father of Elisabet Boehm.