How rare is the last name Stephen?

9,333 people in the United States have the last name Stephen, about 1 in 32,026. It ranks #3,699 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

STEPHEN

#3,699

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,333
About
1 in 32,026
This common or more
55%
Who bears it

Of the 9,333 people with the last name Stephen, 53.3% reported their origin as White, 25.4% as Black and 13.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Stephen

#3,697 Mcclanahan · 9,337#3,698 Deutsch · 9,335#3,700 Bohannon · 9,330#3,701 Calvillo · 9,329

Spelled almost the same

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

#197 Stephens · 139,485#3,154 Steffen · 11,156#4,598 Stephan · 7,483#11,553 Steven · 2,603#17,852 Stepney · 1,543#24,024 Stepien · 1,087#26,423 Stepan · 973#26,847 Stephany · 955

Also a first name

As a first name, Stephen ranks #56 of 53,615, with 665,596 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1952, with 23,082 births. See Stephen as a first name

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