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    The surname Speciale

    An Italian surname, carried by 1,332 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S124

    Speciale: #20,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Speciale #20,065, 1,332 people Speciale: #20,065 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Speciale #20,065, 1,332 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Speciale is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    Italian origin

    Borrowed from Italian Speciale.

    One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,332 people named Speciale in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,791 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,128.

    #20,065
    rank among US surnames
    1,332
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +18.1%
    change since 2000 (was #21,565)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,057Verna1,333231,617
    #20,065Khatib1,332231,791

    Who is named Speciale

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

    96% of people named Speciale identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Speciale

    Speciale has the Soundex code S124, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S124.

    Other Italian surnames

    All 798 Italian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Speciale come from?
    Borrowed from Italian Speciale.
    How common is the surname Speciale?
    1,332 people in the United States had the surname Speciale in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,791 Americans. It ranked 20,065th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Speciale?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Speciale identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Speciale getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,128 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,332 in 2010, up 18%.