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    The surname Steed

    A surname, carried by 10,250 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S330

    Steed: #3,484 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Steed #3,484, 10,250 people Steed: #3,484 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Steed #3,484, 10,250 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steed is more common than 97.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 10,250 people named Steed in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,122 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,436.

    #3,484
    rank among US surnames
    10,250
    people in 2010
    3.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.6%
    change since 2000 (was #3,462)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,475Sikes10,28030,034
    #3,476Hanlon10,27830,039
    #3,477Easton10,27630,045
    #3,479Rojo10,27530,048
    #3,480Motley10,27430,051
    #3,481Ballesteros10,26130,089
    #3,482Lindley10,26030,092

    Who is named Steed

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

    76% of people named Steed identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Steed

    Steed 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 Steed?
    10,250 people in the United States had the surname Steed in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,122 Americans. It ranked 3,484th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Steed?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Steed identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Steed getting more or less common?
    More common. 9,436 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,250 in 2010, up 8.6%.