How common is the surname Speaker?

1,816 people in the United States had the surname Speaker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,014 Americans. It ranked 15,985th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Speaker?

Tris Speaker, American baseball player (1888-1958).

Where is the surname Speaker most common?

Wikidata records people named Speaker in the United States.

Is the surname Speaker getting more or less common?

More common. 1,551 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,816 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Speaker

A surname, carried by 1,816 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S126

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Speaker is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,816 people named Speaker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 170,014 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,551.

#15,985

rank among US surnames

1,816

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+17.1%

change since 2000 (was #16,925)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,978	Doris	1,817	169,920
#15,985	Manges	1,816	170,014

Who is named Speaker

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

90% of people named Speaker identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Speakers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Tris Speaker
American baseball player (1888-1958)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Speaker

Speaker has the Soundex code S126, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S126.

Questions

How common is the surname Speaker?: 1,816 people in the United States had the surname Speaker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 170,014 Americans. It ranked 15,985th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Speaker?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Speaker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Speaker?: Tris Speaker, American baseball player (1888-1958).
Where is the surname Speaker most common?: Wikidata records people named Speaker in the United States.
Is the surname Speaker getting more or less common?: More common. 1,551 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,816 in 2010, up 17%.