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    The surname Speaks

    A surname, carried by 3,565 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S120

    Speaks: #9,150 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Speaks #9,150, 3,565 people Speaks: #9,150 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Speaks #9,150, 3,565 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Speaks is more common than 94.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,565 people named Speaks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 86,605 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,264.

    #9,150
    rank among US surnames
    3,565
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.2%
    change since 2000 (was #9,189)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,144Collum3,56886,532
    #9,147Pletcher3,56786,556
    #9,149Adamski3,56686,580
    #9,150Stouffer3,56586,605
    #9,155Tolle3,56486,629

    Who is named Speaks

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

    60% of people named Speaks identified as white (not Hispanic), 33% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 60%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 33%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Speaks

    Speaks has the Soundex code S120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S120.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Speaks?
    3,565 people in the United States had the surname Speaks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 86,605 Americans. It ranked 9,150th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Speaks?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Speaks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 33% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Speaks getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,264 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,565 in 2010, up 9.2%.