as a Last Name
- 94,585
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Steele
Meaning & Origins
English and Scottish: from Middle English stele ‘steel’, hence a nickname for someone considered as hard and durable as steel, or metonymic occupational name for a foundry worker.
| 325th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 94,585
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Alabama
- has the most people named Steele per capita
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