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    The surname Speas

    A surname, carried by 1,108 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S120

    Speas: #23,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Speas #23,065, 1,108 people Speas: #23,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Speas #23,065, 1,108 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Speas is more common than 85.8% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,108 people named Speas in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 278,651 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,093.

    #23,065
    rank among US surnames
    1,108
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.4%
    change since 2000 (was #22,078)

    Who is named Speas

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

    82% of people named Speas identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Speas

    Speas 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 Speas?
    1,108 people in the United States had the surname Speas in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,651 Americans. It ranked 23,065th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Speas?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Speas identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Speas getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,093 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,108 in 2010, up 1.4%.