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 55
Buckinghamshire 39
Berkshire 47
Cambridgeshire 2
Channel Islands 6
Cheshire 695
Cornwall 17
Cumberland 575
Derbyshire 171
Devon 42
Dorset 197
Durham 399
Essex 234
Gloucestershire 181
Hampshire 467
Herefordshire 29
Hertfordshire 16
Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) 5
Isle of Man 13
Kent 121
Lancashire 1,265
Leicestershire 73
Lincolnshire 107
London 849
Middlesex 216
Northumberland 383
Norfolk 61
Northamptonshire 86
Nottinghamshire 107
Oxfordshire 89
Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) 5
Shropshire 71
Suffolk 57
Somerset 21
Surrey 201
Sussex 301
Staffordshire 1,254
Warwickshire 286
Westmorland 48
Wiltshire 94
Worcestershire 167
Yorkshire 1,304

Wales

Anglesey 5
Brecknockshire 2
Cardiganshire 2
Carnarvonshire 1
Carmarthenshire 6
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 9
Glamorgan 130
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 12
Monmouthshire 50
Pembrokeshire 9
Radnorshire 0

Steele Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Steele family

Profession Census Frequency
School 1,045
Coal Miner Hewer 88
Farm Labourer 83
General Labourer 77
Private Means 74
Labourer 60
Farmer 53
Dressmaker 47
General Servant (domestic) 44
At Home 43
At School 40
None 39
Domestic Servant 38
Scholar 38
Clerk 35
Laundress 29
Housekeeper 28
House Painter 26
Nil 23
General Servant Domestic 22
Bricklayer 21
House Keeper 21
Blacksmith 20
Shop Assistant 20
Carter 20

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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