# Stepney (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/stepney/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,549 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,018 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 199,319 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (1,395 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈstɛpni/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English Stybbanhȳþ (“Stybba's hithe”), from *Stybba (personal name) + hȳþ (“harbour; landing-place; hithe”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stepney in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 6.5% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.9% |

## Similar surnames

Stepan, Stevens, Stephens, Stephenson, Steffen, Stephen, Stephan, Stefan, Steven, Stepanek, Stephany, Stepanian.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.