How rare is the last name Steel?

6,955 people in the United States have the last name Steel, about 1 in 42,976. It ranks #4,919 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

STEEL

#4,919

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,955
About
1 in 42,976
This common or more
58.3%
Who bears it

Of the 6,955 people with the last name Steel, 75.4% reported their origin as White, 13.9% as Black and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Steel

#4,917 Pogue · 6,958#4,918 Button · 6,956#4,920 Woodbury · 6,953#4,921 Manson · 6,952

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Steel, most common first.

#363 Steele · 85,371#11,641 Stell · 2,578#17,902 Steely · 1,539#23,186 Steil · 1,132#70,715 Stehl · 298#74,639 Stiel · 279#83,139 Stoel · 244

Also a first name

As a first name, Steel ranks #17,722 of 53,615, with 617 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2021, with 62 births. See Steel as a first name

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