Steed Surname
Approximately 17,860 people bear this surname
Steed Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the stead,' a place, a station, a settlement; compare homestead, market-stead (= market-place). A great Yorkshire surname. The Market-place, Manchester, was the Market-stead till the close of the last century.
Read More About This SurnameSteed Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12,828 | 1:28,255 | 3,520 |
| England | 2,581 | 1:21,588 | 3,027 |
| Canada | 686 | 1:53,711 | 6,409 |
| Australia | 605 | 1:44,621 | 5,621 |
| New Zealand | 298 | 1:15,196 | 2,642 |
| Wales | 210 | 1:14,736 | 1,610 |
| South Africa | 118 | 1:459,133 | 38,484 |
| Scotland | 102 | 1:52,488 | 4,471 |
| Northern Ireland | 90 | 1:20,500 | 2,453 |
| Thailand | 51 | 1:1,385,066 | 192,885 |
| Ireland | 50 | 1:94,179 | 5,191 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| China | 17 | 1:80,430,680 | 4,441 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Argentina | 15 | 1:2,849,561 | 122,961 |
| Iceland | 14 | 1:27,149 | 2,069 |
| Russia | 13 | 1:11,086,389 | 347,183 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Colombia | 8 | 1:5,971,759 | 20,087 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Bermuda | 5 | 1:13,056 | 1,849 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Norfolk Island | 3 | 1:765 | 177 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Haiti | 3 | 1:3,561,302 | 20,668 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 90 | 1:49,221 | 4,175 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1,339 | 1:18,204 | 2,624 |
| Scotland | 71 | 1:52,721 | 3,555 |
| Wales | 29 | 1:54,083 | 2,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,627 | 1:30,866 | 3,727 |
Steed (592) may also be a first name.
Steed Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the stead,' a place, a station, a settlement; compare homestead, market-stead (= market-place). A great Yorkshire surname. The Market-place, Manchester, was the Market-stead till the close of the last century. The Market-stead, Ulverston, is commonly so set down in the parish registers till 1790.
John Stede, Suffolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Robertas del Stede, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Ricardus del Stede, 1379: ibid.
Petrus del Stede, 1379: ibid.
Laurence del Stede, 1379: ibid.
1589. Baptised — Katherne, d. John Steade: St. James, Clerkenwell.
(English) 1 = Stead, q.v.
2 a nickname from the Stallion [Old English stéda]
Anglo-Saxon stcade, a stead, station, or place. Halliw says. ' a farm house and offices.' A Steadman was therefore a farmer, or perhaps a farm-bailiff.
Steed and Steedman may correspond with Palfrey and Palfriman. Colt and Coltman, Brock and Brockman: but are more likely identical with Stead and Steadman.
A place enclosed, a station or standing place. Stad, and stede, in Dutch, signifies a town.
Same as Stead; from Anglo-Saxon sted, a place (Danish id., Dutch stede, German statt). Stede or Stidd is the name of a chapelry co. Lancaster.
From Stidd; a location name in Lancashire Or Stydd, Derbyshire.
Stead is usually a characteristic Yorkshire name. A family of Steade owned More Hall in Bolsterstone during the greater part of last century (H. H).
The Steads are now found mostly in Yorkshire, but the name has long been represented in the English border shires of Wales. Between 1600 and 1663, four of the bailiffs of Leominster, Herefordshire, bore this name (Townsend), and the name is now established in Monmouthshire.
Steed Demographics
Average Male Steed Height
177.65 cm
Average Female Steed Height
163.79 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Steed Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Steed Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Steed (Arabic: ستيد) occurs most in The United States. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Steed? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 29,927th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 408,037 people. Steed occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Steed reside; 67 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 343,796th most common forename worldwide, held by 592 people.
The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 12,828 people, or 1 in 28,255. In The United States Steed is most prevalent in: North Carolina, where 8 percent are found, Utah, where 8 percent are found and Georgia, where 7 percent are found. Excluding The United States this surname occurs in 65 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent are found and Canada, where 4 percent are found.
Steed Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Steed has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Steed surname grew 788 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 193 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 724 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 144 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 44 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Steed Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Anglican (40%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Steed last name are 16.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.17% registered with the party.
The amount Steed earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 16.14% less than the national average, earning R 199,284 per year; in United States they earn 8.78% less than the national average, earning $39,361 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.33% more than the national average, earning $50,346 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Steed Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Steed in the Arabic language | ||
| ستيد | styd | - |
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