How common is the surname Speight?

5,445 people in the United States had the surname Speight in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,703 Americans. It ranked 6,276th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Speight?

Lester Speight, American football player, professional wrestler actor, followed by Richard Speight Jr..

Where is the surname Speight most common?

Wikidata records people named Speight in the United States.

Is the surname Speight getting more or less common?

More common. 5,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,445 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Speight

A surname, carried by 5,445 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S123

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Speight is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,445 people named Speight in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 56,703 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,237.

#6,276

rank among US surnames

5,445

people in 2010

1.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #6,040)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,271	Lowder	5,449	56,661
#6,273	Senn	5,448	56,671
#6,275	Awad	5,446	56,692
#6,276	Speight	5,445	56,703

Who is named Speight

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

48% of people named Speight identified as Black (not Hispanic), 47% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 48%
White (not Hispanic) 47%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Speights

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lester Speight
American football player, professional wrestler actor, born 1963
Richard Speight Jr.
American actor, born 1970
Jesse Speight
American politician (1795-1847)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Speight

Speight has the Soundex code S123, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S123.

Questions

Where does the surname Speight come from?: English surname, from the noun speight (“woodpecker”).
How common is the surname Speight?: 5,445 people in the United States had the surname Speight in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 56,703 Americans. It ranked 6,276th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Speight?: In the 2010 Census, 48% of people named Speight identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 47% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Speight?: Lester Speight, American football player, professional wrestler actor, followed by Richard Speight Jr..
Where is the surname Speight most common?: Wikidata records people named Speight in the United States.
Is the surname Speight getting more or less common?: More common. 5,237 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,445 in 2010, up 4.0%.