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    The surname Steely

    A surname, carried by 1,746 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S340

    Steely: #16,462 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Steely #16,462, 1,746 people Steely: #16,462 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Steely #16,462, 1,746 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steely is more common than 89.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,746 people named Steely in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,830 Americans. That is up 7.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,631.

    #16,462
    rank among US surnames
    1,746
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,275)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,457Chisum1,747176,729
    #16,462Cieslak1,746176,830
    #16,470Denker1,745176,932

    Who is named Steely

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

    95% of people named Steely identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Steely

    Steely 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 Steely?
    1,746 people in the United States had the surname Steely in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,830 Americans. It ranked 16,462nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Steely?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Steely identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Steely getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,631 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,746 in 2010, up 7.1%.