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 54
Buckinghamshire 32
Berkshire 20
Cambridgeshire 8
Channel Islands 10
Cheshire 576
Cornwall 9
Cumberland 466
Derbyshire 110
Devon 27
Dorset 147
Durham 320
Essex 176
Gloucestershire 163
Hampshire 329
Herefordshire 28
Hertfordshire 14
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 18
Isle of Man 12
Kent 62
Lancashire 917
Leicestershire 84
Lincolnshire 71
London 651
Middlesex 137
Northumberland 238
Norfolk 59
Northamptonshire 62
Nottinghamshire 99
Oxfordshire 58
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 18
Shropshire 53
Suffolk 49
Somerset 16
Surrey 156
Sussex 237
Staffordshire 1,127
Warwickshire 186
Westmorland 56
Wiltshire 47
Worcestershire 106
Yorkshire 1,030

Wales

Anglesey 1
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 2
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 2
Flintshire 5
Glamorgan 96
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 10
Monmouthshire 41
Pembrokeshire 6
Radnorshire 0

Steele Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Steele family

Profession Census Frequency
Living On Own Means 88
General Servant Domestic 78
General Labourer 67
Dress Maker 48
Farmer 47
Scholar 43
Cook Domestic 35
Coal Miner Hewer 34
Laundress Wash 31
Carpenter 29
Bricklayer 21
Butcher 20
School 20
Cotton Weaver 20
Agricultural Labourer 20
Ordinary Agricultural Labourer 20
Bricklayer Labourer 19
Charwoman 19
Servant Domestic 19
Domestic Servant 18
Blacksmith 18
House Keeper Domestic 17
House Maid Domestic 17
Gardener 16
Joiner Carpenter 16

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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