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    The surname Speakman

    A surname, carried by 3,355 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S125

    Speakman: #9,672 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Speakman #9,672, 3,355 people Speakman: #9,672 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Speakman #9,672, 3,355 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Speakman is more common than 94% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,355 people named Speakman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,025 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,111.

    #9,672
    rank among US surnames
    3,355
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.8%
    change since 2000 (was #9,585)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,666Kennelly3,35891,943
    #9,667Oliveri3,35791,971
    #9,669Shear3,35691,998
    #9,672Vanlandingham3,35592,025
    #9,679Kummer3,35492,053

    Who is named Speakman

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

    93% of people named Speakman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Speakmans

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jeff Speakman
      American actor, born 1958

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Speakman

    Speakman has the Soundex code S125, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S125.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Speakman?
    3,355 people in the United States had the surname Speakman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,025 Americans. It ranked 9,672nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Speakman?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Speakman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Speakman?
    Jeff Speakman, American actor.
    Where is the surname Speakman most common?
    Wikidata records people named Speakman in the United States.
    Is the surname Speakman getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,355 in 2010, up 7.8%.