# Speck (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/speck/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,297 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,521 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 49,031 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.2% (6,282 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, from the noun Speck (“bacon”). * As an English surname, variant of Speake, and perhaps a variant of Peck with an initial -s.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Speck in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Speck in the United States.

## People named Speck

- Richard Speck, American mass murderer (1941–1991)
- Frank Speck, American anthropologist (1881-1950)

## Similar surnames

Speaks, Speece, Savage, Sipes, Shabazz, Spies, Spiess, Sopko, Sabbagh, Sipos, Shives, Sobieski.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.