# Spaeth (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/spaeth/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,412 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,527 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 90,488 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.6% (3,357 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle High German späth (“late”), probably a nickname for a tardy person; see modern German spät.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Spaeth in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Spaeth in the United States.

## People named Spaeth

- Diana Palmer, American romance novelist

## Similar surnames

Speth, Spath, Spieth, Spade, Swift, Speed, Swoboda, Spada, Sepeda, Spady, Sabado, Shibata.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.