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    The surname Stec

    A Polish surname, carried by 2,215 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S320

    Stec: #13,670 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stec #13,670, 2,215 people Stec: #13,670 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stec #13,670, 2,215 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stec is more common than 91.6% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    From Polish Stec or Steć.

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,215 people named Stec in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,389 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,183.

    #13,670
    rank among US surnames
    2,215
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #12,911)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,670Teegarden2,215139,389
    #13,674Domino2,214139,451

    Who is named Stec

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

    97% of people named Stec identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Stec

    Stec has the Soundex code S320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S320.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Stec come from?
    From Polish Stec or Steć.
    How common is the surname Stec?
    2,215 people in the United States had the surname Stec in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,389 Americans. It ranked 13,670th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stec?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Stec identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Stec getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,215 in 2010, up 1.5%.