How common is the surname Speck?

6,297 people in the United States had the surname Speck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,031 Americans. It ranked 5,521st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Speck?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Speck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Speck?

Richard Speck, American mass murderer (1941–1991), followed by Frank Speck.

Where is the surname Speck most common?

Wikidata records people named Speck in the United States.

Is the surname Speck getting more or less common?

More common. 6,282 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,297 in 2010, up 0.2%.

The surname Speck

A German surname, carried by 6,297 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Speck is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

German origin

* 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.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,297 people named Speck in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,031 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,282.

#5,521

rank among US surnames

6,297

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+0.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,129)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,516	Musselman	6,306	48,961
#5,518	Runyan	6,301	48,999
#5,520	Halvorson	6,298	49,023
#5,521	Speck	6,297	49,031

Who is named Speck

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

94% of people named Speck identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Specks

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Speck

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Speck come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Speck?: 6,297 people in the United States had the surname Speck in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,031 Americans. It ranked 5,521st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Speck?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Speck identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Speck?: Richard Speck, American mass murderer (1941–1991), followed by Frank Speck.
Where is the surname Speck most common?: Wikidata records people named Speck in the United States.
Is the surname Speck getting more or less common?: More common. 6,282 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,297 in 2010, up 0.2%.