Steele Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 29
Buckinghamshire 15
Berkshire 20
Cambridgeshire 6
Channel Islands 14
Cheshire 490
Cornwall 12
Cumberland 387
Derbyshire 85
Devon 38
Dorset 75
Durham 177
Essex 78
Gloucestershire 138
Hampshire 220
Herefordshire 63
Hertfordshire 10
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 48
Isle of Man 16
Kent 31
Lancashire 624
Leicestershire 44
Lincolnshire 38
London 544
Middlesex 70
Northumberland 139
Norfolk 49
Northamptonshire 28
Nottinghamshire 25
Oxfordshire 60
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 48
Shropshire 35
Suffolk 59
Somerset 14
Surrey 130
Sussex 192
Staffordshire 839
Warwickshire 101
Westmorland 53
Wiltshire 6
Worcestershire 56
Yorkshire 696

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 66
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 6
Monmouthshire 19
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Steele Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Steele family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 1,276
Agricultural Labourer 80
Coal Miner 67
Dress Maker 56
General Labourer 56
Domestic Servant 48
Labourer 47
General Servant 37
Laundress 31
Potter 27
Annuitant 21
Carpenter 20
House Keeper 20
General Servant Domestic 19
Butcher 17
Joiner 17
Farm Servant Indoor 17
Farmers Daughter 17
Grocer 17
Farmers Son 17
Tailor 16
Bricklayer 16
Draper 16
Gardener 16
No Occupation 13

Most Frequent Forenames for Steele

Name Census Frequency
Mary Steele 2,516
John Steele 2,436
William Steele 2,403
Elizabeth Steele 1,541
Thomas Steele 1,447
Sarah Steele 1,433
George Steele 1,415
James Steele 1,146
Joseph Steele 848
Jane Steele 723
Charles Steele 711
Annie Steele 704
Henry Steele 666
Ann Steele 651
Emma Steele 505
Ellen Steele 499
Hannah Steele 491
Frederick Steele 490
Alice Steele 488
Margaret Steele 483
Robert Steele 471
Eliza Steele 456
Emily Steele 448
Edward Steele 421
Samuel Steele 397

Steele Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Steel 83% 60,455
2 Steele 100% 40,318
3 Astle 50% 6,887
4 Stell 67% 4,091
5 Ostle 50% 1,701
6 Stile 67% 888
7 Steal 67% 617
8 Stale 67% 462
9 Steale 83% 415
10 Seatle 50% 325
11 Steell 83% 318
12 Stule 67% 312
13 Staal 50% 310
14 Steil 67% 252
15 Stole 67% 205
16 Easteal 43% 149
17 Stull 50% 134

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The surname Steele is the 2nd most popular variant of Steel.

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