How common is the surname Steffey?

2,373 people in the United States had the surname Steffey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,108 Americans. It ranked 12,944th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Steffey?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Steffey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Steffey getting more or less common?

More common. 2,288 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,373 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Steffey

A surname, carried by 2,373 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S310

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steffey is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,373 people named Steffey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,108 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,288.

#12,944

rank among US surnames

2,373

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,443)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,935	Marden	2,375	129,998
#12,941	Ladue	2,374	130,053
#12,944	Steffey	2,373	130,108
#12,948	Letson	2,372	130,163
#12,953	Silverberg	2,371	130,217

Who is named Steffey

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

97% of people named Steffey identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Steffey

Steffey has the Soundex code S310, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S310.

Questions

How common is the surname Steffey?: 2,373 people in the United States had the surname Steffey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,108 Americans. It ranked 12,944th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Steffey?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Steffey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Steffey getting more or less common?: More common. 2,288 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,373 in 2010, up 3.7%.