How common is the surname Spaeth?

3,412 people in the United States had the surname Spaeth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,488 Americans. It ranked 9,527th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Spaeth?

Diana Palmer, American romance novelist.

Where is the surname Spaeth most common?

Wikidata records people named Spaeth in the United States.

Is the surname Spaeth getting more or less common?

More common. 3,357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,412 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Spaeth

A nickname surname, carried by 3,412 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S130

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spaeth is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

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

Spaeth is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,412 people named Spaeth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,488 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,357.

#9,527

rank among US surnames

3,412

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,956)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,520	Mikesell	3,415	90,409
#9,524	Dinger	3,414	90,435
#9,525	Ang	3,413	90,462
#9,527	Catania	3,412	90,488
#9,529	Khang	3,411	90,515
#9,531	Carle	3,410	90,541
#9,535	Cardinale	3,409	90,568

Who is named Spaeth

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Spaeth identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spaeths

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Diana Palmer
American romance novelist, born 1946

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Spaeth

Spaeth has the Soundex code S130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S130.

Questions

Where does the surname Spaeth come from?: From Middle High German späth (“late”), probably a nickname for a tardy person; see modern German spät.
How common is the surname Spaeth?: 3,412 people in the United States had the surname Spaeth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,488 Americans. It ranked 9,527th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spaeth?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Spaeth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
Who is the most famous person named Spaeth?: Diana Palmer, American romance novelist.
Where is the surname Spaeth most common?: Wikidata records people named Spaeth in the United States.
What type of surname is Spaeth?: Spaeth is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Spaeth getting more or less common?: More common. 3,357 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,412 in 2010, up 1.6%.