How common is the surname Steel?

7,111 people in the United States had the surname Steel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,418 Americans. It ranked 4,949th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Steel?

Danielle Steel, American writer, followed by Amy Steel.

Where is the surname Steel most common?

Wikidata records people named Steel in the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy.

Is the surname Steel getting more or less common?

More common. 6,813 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,111 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Steel

A surname, carried by 7,111 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S340

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steel is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,111 people named Steel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,418 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,813.

#4,949

rank among US surnames

7,111

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,759)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,940	Nation	7,125	43,333
#4,941	Rigsby	7,124	43,339
#4,942	Gooding	7,123	43,345
#4,944	Vandenberg	7,121	43,357
#4,945	Hogg	7,119	43,369
#4,947	Wilkie	7,116	43,388
#4,948	Wainwright	7,114	43,400

Who is named Steel

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

79% of people named Steel identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Steels

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Danielle Steel
American writer, born 1947
Amy Steel
American actress, born 1960
Anthony Steel
British actor (1920–2001)
Alan Steel
Actor (1935-2015)
Dawn Steel
American film producer (1946–1997)
Carolyn Steel
British architect and food urbanist, born 1959
Duncan Steel
British astronomer, born 1955

Notable Steels come mostly from the United States (3), the United Kingdom (3) and Italy (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Steel

Steel has the Soundex code S340, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S340.

Questions

How common is the surname Steel?: 7,111 people in the United States had the surname Steel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,418 Americans. It ranked 4,949th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Steel?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Steel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Steel?: Danielle Steel, American writer, followed by Amy Steel.
Where is the surname Steel most common?: Wikidata records people named Steel in the United States, the United Kingdom and Italy.
Is the surname Steel getting more or less common?: More common. 6,813 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,111 in 2010, up 4.4%.