Last Name STEEL

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of Stee;. The old Danish Staal. The Scandinavian origin is manifest. Iron and Steel are components of many of these early northern personal names.

Origin	English, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Belgian

Rank	4,759 (2000 US census)	4,484 (1990 US census)

Count	6,813 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

80.48%, or 5483 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
14.47%, or 986 total occurrences, as black,
0.54%, or 37 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.78%, or 53 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.63%, or 111 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.1%, or 143 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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