# Steward (surname)

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

An English surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Stewart.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 22,318 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,610 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,834 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (21,558 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Stewart |

## Etymology

From steward.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Steward 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) | 55% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 38% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 3.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Steward in the United States.

## People named Steward

- Julian Steward, American anthropologist (1902–1972)
- Kimberly Steward, American film producer
- Susan McKinney Steward, American physician and writer (1847-1918)

## Similar surnames

Stewart, Strawder, Southward, Stuart, Stroud, Stratton, Street, Streeter, Southard, Sturdivant, Strother, Strait.

## 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.