# Spector (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/spector/  
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 Yiddish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Yiddish |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,622 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,221 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 66,799 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.9% (4,811 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Spektor |

## Etymology

From Yiddish ספּעקטאָר (spektor), an occupational surname for a teacher's assistant in a Jewish school.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Spector 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) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Spector in the United States.

## People named Spector

- Phil Spector, American record producer (1939–2021)
- Jonathan Spector, American soccer player
- Ronnie Spector, American singer (1943–2022)
- Morgan Spector, American actor
- Warren Spector, American game designer

## Similar surnames

Specht, Sebastian, Speight, Speights, Sebesta, Sposato.

## 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.