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    The surname Speights

    A surname, carried by 3,176 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S123

    Speights: #10,159 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Speights #10,159, 3,176 people Speights: #10,159 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Speights #10,159, 3,176 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Speights is more common than 93.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,176 people named Speights in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,212 Americans. That is up 9.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,907.

    #10,159
    rank among US surnames
    3,176
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.3%
    change since 2000 (was #10,182)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,150Bailes3,17897,151
    #10,155Oshiro3,17797,181
    #10,159Goldsberry3,17697,212
    #10,164Harnish3,17597,243
    #10,166Wenner3,17497,273
    #10,167Feathers3,17397,304

    Who is named Speights

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

    55% of people named Speights identified as Black (not Hispanic), 39% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 55%
    • White (not Hispanic) 39%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Speights

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Speights?
    3,176 people in the United States had the surname Speights in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,212 Americans. It ranked 10,159th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Speights?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Speights identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 39% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Speights getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,907 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,176 in 2010, up 9.3%.