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    The surname Stepanek

    A surname, carried by 1,345 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S315

    Stepanek: #19,945 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stepanek #19,945, 1,345 people Stepanek: #19,945 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stepanek #19,945, 1,345 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stepanek is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    From Štěpánek.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,345 people named Stepanek in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 229,551 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,307.

    #19,945
    rank among US surnames
    1,345
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.9%
    change since 2000 (was #19,208)

    Who is named Stepanek

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

    97% of people named Stepanek identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Stepaneks

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Brian Stepanek
      American actor, born 1971
    • Mattie Stepanek
      American writer (1990–2004)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Stepanek

    Stepanek has the Soundex code S315, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S315.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Stepanek come from?
    From Štěpánek.
    How common is the surname Stepanek?
    1,345 people in the United States had the surname Stepanek in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 229,551 Americans. It ranked 19,945th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stepanek?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Stepanek identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Stepanek?
    Brian Stepanek, American actor, followed by Mattie Stepanek.
    Where is the surname Stepanek most common?
    Wikidata records people named Stepanek in the United States.
    Is the surname Stepanek getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,307 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,345 in 2010, up 2.9%.