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    The surname Steelman

    A surname, carried by 4,964 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S345

    Steelman: #6,796 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Steelman #6,796, 4,964 people Steelman: #6,796 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Steelman #6,796, 4,964 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steelman is more common than 95.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,964 people named Steelman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,197 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,685.

    #6,796
    rank among US surnames
    4,964
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #6,653)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,791Bowes4,96762,159
    #6,792Coulson4,96662,172
    #6,793Fuhrman4,96562,184
    #6,796Steelman4,96462,197

    Who is named Steelman

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

    92% of people named Steelman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Steelman

    Steelman has the Soundex code S345, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S345.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Steelman?
    4,964 people in the United States had the surname Steelman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,197 Americans. It ranked 6,796th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Steelman?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Steelman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Steelman getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,685 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,964 in 2010, up 6.0%.