How common is the surname Stead?

2,808 people in the United States had the surname Stead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,952 Americans. It ranked 11,257th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Stead?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Stead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Who is the most famous person named Stead?

Christina Stead, Australian novelist and short-story writer, followed by Rebecca Stead.

Where is the surname Stead most common?

Wikidata records people named Stead in Australia and the United States.

Is the surname Stead getting more or less common?

More common. 2,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,808 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Stead

A surname, carried by 2,808 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S330

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stead is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,808 people named Stead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,952 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,710.

#11,257

rank among US surnames

2,808

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #10,802)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,248	Hemenway	2,811	109,835
#11,250	Stucker	2,810	109,874
#11,256	Craighead	2,809	109,913
#11,257	Sterrett	2,808	109,952
#11,264	Buskirk	2,807	109,991

Who is named Stead

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Stead identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Steads

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Christina Stead
Australian novelist and short-story writer, 1902–1983
Rebecca Stead
American children's writer, born 1968

Notable Steads come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Stead

Stead has the Soundex code S330, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S330.

Questions

How common is the surname Stead?: 2,808 people in the United States had the surname Stead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,952 Americans. It ranked 11,257th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Stead?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Stead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Who is the most famous person named Stead?: Christina Stead, Australian novelist and short-story writer, followed by Rebecca Stead.
Where is the surname Stead most common?: Wikidata records people named Stead in Australia and the United States.
Is the surname Stead getting more or less common?: More common. 2,710 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,808 in 2010, up 3.6%.