How common is the surname Steward?

22,318 people in the United States had the surname Steward in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,834 Americans. It ranked 1,610th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Steward?

Julian Steward, American anthropologist (1902–1972), followed by Kimberly Steward.

Where is the surname Steward most common?

Wikidata records people named Steward in the United States.

Is the surname Steward getting more or less common?

More common. 21,558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,318 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Steward

An occupational surname, carried by 22,318 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S363

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Steward is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

From steward.

Steward is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 22,318 people named Steward in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,834 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,558.

#1,610

rank among US surnames

22,318

people in 2010

7.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,533)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,601	Souza	22,373	13,800
#1,602	Huggins	22,371	13,801
#1,603	Amador	22,370	13,802
#1,604	Dunham	22,362	13,807
#1,605	Goode	22,356	13,810
#1,606	Kauffman	22,353	13,812
#1,607	Piper	22,329	13,827

Who is named Steward

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

55% of people named Steward identified as white (not Hispanic), 38% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 55%
Black (not Hispanic) 38%
Two or more races 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Stewards

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Julian Steward
American anthropologist (1902–1972)
Kimberly Steward
American film producer, born 1981
Susan McKinney Steward
American physician and writer (1847-1918)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Stewart

Surnames that sound like Steward

Steward has the Soundex code S363, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S363.

Questions

Where does the surname Steward come from?: From steward.
How common is the surname Steward?: 22,318 people in the United States had the surname Steward in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,834 Americans. It ranked 1,610th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Steward?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Steward identified as white (not Hispanic), and 38% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Steward?: Julian Steward, American anthropologist (1902–1972), followed by Kimberly Steward.
Where is the surname Steward most common?: Wikidata records people named Steward in the United States.
What type of surname is Steward?: Steward is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Steward getting more or less common?: More common. 21,558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,318 in 2010, up 3.5%.
What are other spellings of Steward?: Stewart.