How common is the surname Speelman?

1,214 people in the United States had the surname Speelman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. It ranked 21,509th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Speelman?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Speelman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Speelman getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,214 in 2010, down 13%.

The surname Speelman

A surname, carried by 1,214 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S145

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Speelman is more common than 86.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,214 people named Speelman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. That is down 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,391.

#21,509

rank among US surnames

1,214

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-12.7%

change since 2000 (was #18,364)

Who is named Speelman

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

96% of people named Speelman identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Two or more races 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Speelman

Speelman has the Soundex code S145, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S145.

Questions

How common is the surname Speelman?: 1,214 people in the United States had the surname Speelman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 254,321 Americans. It ranked 21,509th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Speelman?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Speelman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Speelman getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,214 in 2010, down 13%.