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    The surname Steer

    A surname, carried by 1,191 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S360

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steer is more common than 86.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,191 people named Steer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. That is up 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,170.

    #21,830
    rank among US surnames
    1,191
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #20,945)

    Who is named Steer

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

    73% of people named Steer identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8.9%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Steers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Philip Wilson Steer
      British artist (1860-1942)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Steer

    Steer has the Soundex code S360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S360.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Steer?
    1,191 people in the United States had the surname Steer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 259,232 Americans. It ranked 21,830th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Steer?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Steer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Steer?
    Philip Wilson Steer, British artist (1860-1942).
    Where is the surname Steer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Steer in the United Kingdom.
    Is the surname Steer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,170 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,191 in 2010, up 1.8%.