How common is the surname Steves?

1,506 people in the United States had the surname Steves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,010 Americans. It ranked 18,385th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Steves?

In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Steves identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Steves?

Rick Steves, American travel writer and television host.

Where is the surname Steves most common?

Wikidata records people named Steves in the United States.

Is the surname Steves getting more or less common?

More common. 1,426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,506 in 2010, up 5.6%.

The surname Steves

A surname, carried by 1,506 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S312

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steves is more common than 88.7% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,506 people named Steves in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 205,010 Americans. That is up 5.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,426.

#18,385

rank among US surnames

1,506

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+5.6%

change since 2000 (was #18,034)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,378	Prohaska	1,507	204,874
#18,385	Roder	1,506	205,010

Who is named Steves

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

90% of people named Steves identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Two or more races 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stevess

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Rick Steves
American travel writer and television host, born 1955

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Steves

Steves has the Soundex code S312, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S312.

Questions

How common is the surname Steves?: 1,506 people in the United States had the surname Steves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 205,010 Americans. It ranked 18,385th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Steves?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Steves identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Steves?: Rick Steves, American travel writer and television host.
Where is the surname Steves most common?: Wikidata records people named Steves in the United States.
Is the surname Steves getting more or less common?: More common. 1,426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,506 in 2010, up 5.6%.