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    The surname Stepney

    An English place surname, carried by 1,549 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈstɛpni/ 2 syllables Soundex S315

    Stepney: #18,018 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stepney #18,018, 1,549 people Stepney: #18,018 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stepney #18,018, 1,549 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stepney is more common than 88.9% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Stepney is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,549 people named Stepney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 199,319 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,395.

    #18,018
    rank among US surnames
    1,549
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11%
    change since 2000 (was #18,329)

    Who is named Stepney

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

    88% of people named Stepney identified as Black (not Hispanic), 6.5% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 88%
    • White (not Hispanic) 6.5%
    • Two or more races 2.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Stepney

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Stepney come from?
    From Old English Stybbanhȳþ (“Stybba's hithe”), from *Stybba (personal name) + hȳþ (“harbour; landing-place; hithe”).
    How common is the surname Stepney?
    1,549 people in the United States had the surname Stepney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 199,319 Americans. It ranked 18,018th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stepney?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Stepney identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Stepney?
    Stepney is /ˈstɛpni/, 2 syllables.
    What type of surname is Stepney?
    Stepney is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Stepney getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,549 in 2010, up 11%.