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    The surname Steil

    A surname, carried by 1,825 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S340

    Steil: #15,922 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Steil #15,922, 1,825 people Steil: #15,922 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Steil #15,922, 1,825 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steil is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,825 people named Steil in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,176 Americans. That is up 81% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,007.

    #15,922
    rank among US surnames
    1,825
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +81.2%
    change since 2000 (was #23,514)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,922Hayter1,825169,176
    #15,931Murch1,824169,268

    Who is named Steil

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

    91% of people named Steil identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • 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 Steil

    Steil 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 Steil?
    1,825 people in the United States had the surname Steil in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,176 Americans. It ranked 15,922nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Steil?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Steil identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Steil getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,007 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,825 in 2010, up 81%.