How common is the surname Steeves?

2,734 people in the United States had the surname Steeves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,928 Americans. It ranked 11,504th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Steeves?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Steeves identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Steeves getting more or less common?

More common. 2,656 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,734 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Steeves

A surname, carried by 2,734 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S312

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steeves is more common than 92.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,734 people named Steeves in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 112,928 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,656.

#11,504

rank among US surnames

2,734

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #10,986)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,497	Greenspan	2,737	112,804
#11,500	Sidwell	2,736	112,846
#11,502	Master	2,735	112,887
#11,504	Steeves	2,734	112,928
#11,508	Prout	2,733	112,969
#11,512	Situ	2,732	113,011

Who is named Steeves

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

95% of people named Steeves identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Steeves

Steeves has the Soundex code S312, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S312.

Questions

How common is the surname Steeves?: 2,734 people in the United States had the surname Steeves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 112,928 Americans. It ranked 11,504th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Steeves?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Steeves identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Steeves getting more or less common?: More common. 2,656 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,734 in 2010, up 2.9%.