# Speight (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,445 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,276 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 56,703 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.0% (5,237 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

English surname, from the noun speight (“woodpecker”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Speight 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) | 47% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 48% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Speight in the United States.

## People named Speight

- Lester Speight, American football player, professional wrestler actor
- Richard Speight Jr., American actor
- Jesse Speight, American politician (1795-1847)

## Similar surnames

Specht, Speights, Sebastian, Spector, 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.