Steele Surname
Approximately 167,680 people bear this surname
Steele Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Steel'. The old Danish Staal (v. Yonge); Icel. Stal. Lower says,' A northern pronunciation of stile.' This is quite inadmissible. All early instances are without prefix. Besides, as 'atte style' became Styles, so 'atte steel' would have become Steels.
Read More About This SurnameSteele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 113,279 | 1:3,200 | 325 |
| England | 18,501 | 1:3,012 | 395 |
| Canada | 10,151 | 1:3,630 | 471 |
| Australia | 10,022 | 1:2,694 | 361 |
| Scotland | 3,787 | 1:1,414 | 244 |
| New Zealand | 1,898 | 1:2,386 | 331 |
| Northern Ireland | 1,850 | 1:997 | 199 |
| South Africa | 1,587 | 1:34,138 | 4,363 |
| Jamaica | 1,516 | 1:1,893 | 309 |
| Wales | 762 | 1:4,061 | 441 |
| Colombia | 460 | 1:103,857 | 3,686 |
| Israel | 406 | 1:21,078 | 3,133 |
| Ireland | 398 | 1:11,832 | 1,477 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 382 | 1:3,571 | 595 |
| Thailand | 306 | 1:230,844 | 38,969 |
| Germany | 157 | 1:512,774 | 43,467 |
| Mexico | 153 | 1:811,282 | 11,732 |
| Panama | 149 | 1:26,257 | 1,604 |
| Spain | 119 | 1:392,874 | 21,594 |
| Costa Rica | 118 | 1:40,509 | 1,024 |
| Grenada | 115 | 1:944 | 177 |
| Brazil | 108 | 1:1,982,170 | 63,074 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 87 | 1:1,269 | 201 |
| Guyana | 70 | 1:10,889 | 1,593 |
| Zimbabwe | 68 | 1:227,033 | 25,258 |
| Barbados | 65 | 1:4,422 | 552 |
| Singapore | 64 | 1:86,058 | 3,478 |
| India | 61 | 1:12,574,842 | 222,490 |
| Iran | 60 | 1:1,279,709 | 53,896 |
| Liberia | 60 | 1:73,476 | 6,204 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 53 | 1:1,871 | 313 |
| Denmark | 41 | 1:137,676 | 12,271 |
| France | 39 | 1:1,703,147 | 154,208 |
| Netherlands | 38 | 1:444,399 | 44,765 |
| Sweden | 37 | 1:266,129 | 18,422 |
| Switzerland | 35 | 1:234,655 | 19,741 |
| Italy | 33 | 1:1,853,233 | 86,897 |
| Venezuela | 33 | 1:915,275 | 14,245 |
| Malaysia | 32 | 1:921,695 | 41,854 |
| Greece | 30 | 1:369,326 | 50,921 |
| Guernsey | 29 | 1:2,222 | 539 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Isle of Man | 25 | 1:3,433 | 731 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| China | 20 | 1:68,366,078 | 3,721 |
| Luxembourg | 20 | 1:29,027 | 5,175 |
| Peru | 19 | 1:1,672,849 | 23,436 |
| Norway | 18 | 1:285,683 | 29,080 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Bermuda | 15 | 1:4,352 | 690 |
| Hong Kong | 15 | 1:489,032 | 3,321 |
| United Arab Emirates | 15 | 1:610,818 | 23,687 |
| Czechia | 14 | 1:759,534 | 67,321 |
| Jersey | 14 | 1:7,086 | 1,520 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Saint Lucia | 12 | 1:14,898 | 1,270 |
| Guatemala | 10 | 1:1,608,267 | 5,853 |
| Japan | 10 | 1:12,784,429 | 45,945 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Chile | 9 | 1:1,957,386 | 29,026 |
| Fiji | 9 | 1:99,377 | 1,883 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Saint Martin | 8 | 1:4,394 | 114 |
| Ghana | 7 | 1:3,860,099 | 15,346 |
| Cuba | 6 | 1:1,920,453 | 8,345 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 | 1:18,776 | 937 |
| South Korea | 6 | 1:8,540,043 | 1,433 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | 1:887,535 | 4,548 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Honduras | 3 | 1:2,938,814 | 7,190 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Latvia | 3 | 1:683,349 | 34,074 |
| Oman | 3 | 1:1,229,324 | 8,987 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Myanmar | 2 | 1:25,968,992 | 2,110 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Sudan | 2 | 1:18,755,098 | 14,167 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1:51,821 | 2,326 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1,559 | 1:2,841 | 533 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 6,066 | 1:4,018 | 578 |
| Scotland | 1,870 | 1:2,002 | 361 |
| Wales | 99 | 1:15,843 | 942 |
| Isle of Man | 15 | 1:3,618 | 395 |
| Jersey | 12 | 1:4,324 | 761 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13,480 | 1:3,725 | 451 |
Steele (1,359) may also be a first name.
Steele Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Steel'. The old Danish Staal (v. Yonge); Icel. Stal. Lower says,' A northern pronunciation of stile.' This is quite inadmissible. All early instances are without prefix. Besides, as 'atte style' became Styles, so 'atte steel' would have become Steels. It will be noticeable that all my examples are from the East Coast The Scandinavian origin is manifest. Iron and steel are components of many of these early northern personal names; v. Stallard.
Robert Stele, Lincolnshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
John Stel, Suffolk, ibid.
Johannes Stele, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Wilmus Steel, 1379: ibid.
Willelmus Stele, 1379: ibid.
1651. Married — John Steele, batchler, and Abigell Hannkok: St. Mary Aldermary.
Of local origin. There are places so named in the shires of Ayr, Berwick, and Dumfries. In Berwickshire the old parish of Steill is now Ladykirk. Henry Stel was juror on inquisition on lands of Hopkelchoc, 1259 (Bain, I, 2162), and William Stele, burgess of Edinburgh, 1423 (Egidii, p. 45). John Steil or Steyll appears as prebendary of Kilmoir, 1434 and 1448 (REB., I, 60; II, 74), and another John Stevll was tenant of part of Cowpergrange, 1486 (Cupar-Angus, I, p. 239). John Steill alios Kempy Steill was hanged for theft, 1524 (Trials, I, p. 126), George Steyll was the king's familiar servitor, 1530 (RMS., III, 957), and Jok Steill appears in the toune of Bowdene, 1567 (Kelso, p. 519). William Steill was piper to one of the two companies of Highland bowmen raised in Argyll, 1627, for service in France. William Steel (1809-1881), noted anti-slavery advocate and one of the organizers of the "underground railroad" (a system of secret co-operation for assisting fugitive slaves to escape to Canada), was born in Biggar, Lanarkshire. Steell 1691, Steile 1453, Stey 1446, Still 1686.
(English) 1 a pers. name and nick- name from the metal [Old English stýle, stiele = Old Norse stál, steel] Robert Stele.—Hundred Rolls With that great campion Gray Steill [variant Steel].—Sir Gray Steill, 2789.
2 Dweller by a Stile [North. English steel, a stile; Old English stigel] “Steel, pr. of stile”.—Dial. of Lonsdale (N. Lancs), p. 80.
(English) One who came from Steel (stile, or place where one has to climb), the name of places in Northumberland and Shropshire.
A northern pronunciation of stile. In Scotl. the spur of a hill.
A name given, in all probability, to a person who was inflexible, hard, firm, or enduring.
See Stella: hence Steele, baronet.
From the Dutch, and from the German, Stiel; a personal name.
Steele Demographics
Steele Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Steele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Steele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Steele occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Steele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Steele? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,342nd most frequently used family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 43,461 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Steele reside; 66 percent reside in North America and 66 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Steele is also the 212,690th most prevalent first name worldwide, borne by 1,359 people.
The surname Steele is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 113,279 people, or 1 in 3,200. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 9 percent reside, Texas, where 7 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Not including The United States this surname exists in 121 countries. It also occurs in England, where 11 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.
Steele Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Steele has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Steele last name rose 840 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 305 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 203 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 770 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 74 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Steele Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Steele surname is chiefly Presbyterian (56%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Steele last name are 13.26% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.03% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Steele earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 9.07% less than the national average, earning 314,706 kr per year; in Peru they earn 191.27% more than the national average, earning S/. 56,462 per year; in South Africa they earn 59.47% more than the national average, earning R 378,960 per year; in Colombia they earn 10.8% less than the national average, earning $20,251,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.02% less than the national average, earning $42,708 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.81% more than the national average, earning $51,574 CAD per year.
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