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    The surnameStewart

    An occupational surname, the 61st most common in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈst(j)uɚt/ 2 syllables Soundex S363 Also a first name

    Stewart: #61 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Stewart #61, 324,957 people Stewart: #61 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#1,000Archer Stewart #61, 324,957 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stewart is more common than 99.9% of them.

    Origin

    Borrowed from Middle Scots stewart (“steward”), from Early Scots stewart, from Old English stiġweard.

    Stewart 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 324,957 people named Stewart in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 950 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 312,899.

    #61
    rank among US surnames
    324,957
    people in 2010
    110
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #54)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #52Phillips360,802856
    #53Evans355,593868
    #54Turner348,627886
    #55Diaz347,636888
    #56Parker336,221918
    #57Cruz334,201924
    #58Edwards332,423929

    Who is named Stewart

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

    69% of people named Stewart identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Stewarts

    109 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kristen Stewart
      American actress (born 1990)
    • James Stewart
      American actor and military officer (1908–1997)
    • Martha Stewart
      American businesswoman, writer, TV personality (born 1941)
    • Booboo Stewart
      American actor, born 1994
    • French Stewart
      American actor, born 1964
    • Josh Stewart
      American actor, born 1977
    • Breanna Stewart
      American basketball player (born 1994)
    • Isabella Stewart Gardner
      American art collector, philanthropist, patron of the arts (1840–1924)
    • Earnie Stewart
      American soccer player, born 1969
    • Catherine Mary Stewart
      Actress, born 1959
    • Anita Stewart
      American actress, film producer (1895-1961)
    • Crystle Stewart
      American model and actress (born 1981)

    Notable Stewarts come mostly from the United States (89), Australia (8) and the United Kingdom (8).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Stewart

    Stewart 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 Stewart come from?
    Borrowed from Middle Scots stewart (“steward”), from Early Scots stewart, from Old English stiġweard.
    How common is the surname Stewart?
    324,957 people in the United States had the surname Stewart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 950 Americans. It ranked 61st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stewart?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Stewart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Stewart?
    Kristen Stewart, American actress (born 1990), followed by James Stewart.