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 0
Buckinghamshire 15
Berkshire 20
Cambridgeshire 12
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 370
Cornwall 2
Cumberland 265
Derbyshire 87
Devon 33
Dorset 66
Durham 244
Essex 80
Gloucestershire 103
Hampshire 205
Herefordshire 34
Hertfordshire 3
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 27
Isle of Man 6
Kent 67
Lancashire 593
Leicestershire 62
Lincolnshire 47
London 465
Middlesex 115
Northumberland 101
Norfolk 52
Northamptonshire 68
Nottinghamshire 47
Oxfordshire 27
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 27
Shropshire 40
Suffolk 33
Somerset 20
Surrey 71
Sussex 188
Staffordshire 668
Warwickshire 107
Westmorland 45
Wiltshire 24
Worcestershire 50
Yorkshire 670

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 1
Glamorgan 82
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 3
Monmouthshire 16
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Steele Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Steele family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 863
Coal Miner 88
General Labourer 64
Agricultural Labourer 54
Domestic Servant 49
Dress Maker 45
General Servant Domestic 39
Labourer 39
Living On Own Means 38
Farmer 38
Living On Her Own Means 37
Laundress 29
Cotton Weaver 21
Gardener 20
Clerk 19
Carpenter 19
Errand Boy 18
Joiner 18
General Servant 17
Farm Labourer 16
Dressmaker 15
Charwoman 15
Cook Domestic Servant 14
Grocer 14
House Keeper 14

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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