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    The surname Steck

    A surname, carried by 3,564 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S320

    Steck: #9,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Steck #9,155, 3,564 people Steck: #9,155 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Steck #9,155, 3,564 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steck is more common than 94.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,564 people named Steck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,629 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,306.

    #9,155
    rank among US surnames
    3,564
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.8%
    change since 2000 (was #9,085)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,147Pletcher3,56786,556
    #9,149Adamski3,56686,580
    #9,150Stouffer3,56586,605
    #9,155Tolle3,56486,629
    #9,161Tincher3,56386,653
    #9,164Boos3,56286,678

    Who is named Steck

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

    95% of people named Steck identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Stecks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Daniel F. Steck
      American politician (1881-1950)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Steck

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Steck?
    3,564 people in the United States had the surname Steck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,629 Americans. It ranked 9,155th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Steck?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Steck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Steck?
    Daniel F. Steck, American politician (1881-1950).
    Where is the surname Steck most common?
    Wikidata records people named Steck in the United States.
    Is the surname Steck getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,306 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,564 in 2010, up 7.8%.