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    The surname Steptoe

    A surname, carried by 1,368 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S313

    Steptoe: #19,697 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Steptoe #19,697, 1,368 people Steptoe: #19,697 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Steptoe #19,697, 1,368 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steptoe is more common than 87.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,368 people named Steptoe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 225,691 Americans. That is up 6.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,284.

    #19,697
    rank among US surnames
    1,368
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.5%
    change since 2000 (was #19,470)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,688Matuszak1,369225,526
    #19,697Abbe1,368225,691
    #19,703Antillon1,367225,856

    Who is named Steptoe

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

    62% of people named Steptoe identified as Black (not Hispanic), 31% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 62%
    • White (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Two or more races 3.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    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 Steptoe

    Steptoe has the Soundex code S313, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S313.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Steptoe?
    1,368 people in the United States had the surname Steptoe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,691 Americans. It ranked 19,697th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Steptoe?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Steptoe identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 31% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Steptoe getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,284 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,368 in 2010, up 6.5%.