How common is the surname Steere?

1,716 people in the United States had the surname Steere in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,922 Americans. It ranked 16,687th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Steere?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Steere identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Steere?

Joseph Beal Steere, American ornithologist (1842-1940), followed by Richard Steere.

Where is the surname Steere most common?

Wikidata records people named Steere in the United States.

Is the surname Steere getting more or less common?

More common. 1,607 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,716 in 2010, up 6.8%.

The surname Steere

A surname, carried by 1,716 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steere is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,716 people named Steere in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 179,922 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,607.

#16,687

rank among US surnames

1,716

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.8%

change since 2000 (was #16,471)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,679	Kurowski	1,717	179,817
#16,687	Fralick	1,716	179,922
#16,696	Lorence	1,715	180,027

Who is named Steere

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

94% of people named Steere identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Steeres

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joseph Beal Steere
American ornithologist (1842-1940)
Richard Steere
American fencer (1909–2001)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Steere

Steere 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 Steere?: 1,716 people in the United States had the surname Steere in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 179,922 Americans. It ranked 16,687th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Steere?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Steere identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Steere?: Joseph Beal Steere, American ornithologist (1842-1940), followed by Richard Steere.
Where is the surname Steere most common?: Wikidata records people named Steere in the United States.
Is the surname Steere getting more or less common?: More common. 1,607 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,716 in 2010, up 6.8%.