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    The surname Speir

    A surname, carried by 1,335 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S160

    Speir: #20,037 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Speir #20,037, 1,335 people Speir: #20,037 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Speir #20,037, 1,335 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Speir is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,335 people named Speir in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,270 Americans. That is down 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,397.

    #20,037
    rank among US surnames
    1,335
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #18,312)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,029Mangini1,336231,097
    #20,037Hirschfeld1,335231,270

    Who is named Speir

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

    94% of people named Speir identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    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 Speir

    Speir has the Soundex code S160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S160.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Speir?
    1,335 people in the United States had the surname Speir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,270 Americans. It ranked 20,037th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Speir?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Speir identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Speir getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,397 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,335 in 2010, down 4.4%.