How common is the last name Steele?

85,371 people in the United States have the last name Steele, about 1 in 3,501. It ranks #363 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

STEELE

#363

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
85,371
About
1 in 3,501
This common or more
28.5%
Who bears it

Of the 85,371 people with the last name Steele, 75.1% reported their origin as White, 15.4% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Steele

#361 Watts · 85,754#362 Leon · 85,611#364 Norris · 84,956#365 Mcdaniel · 84,533

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,919 Steel · 6,955#17,902 Steely · 1,539#20,291 Stehle · 1,325#26,353 Steeley · 976#40,105 Stelle · 590#147,221 Stele · 113

Also a first name

As a first name, Steele ranks #6,974 of 53,615, with 2,237 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 184 births. See Steele as a first name

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