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    The surname Speirs

    A surname, carried by 1,253 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S162

    Speirs: #20,996 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Speirs #20,996, 1,253 people Speirs: #20,996 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Speirs #20,996, 1,253 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Speirs is more common than 87.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,253 people named Speirs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 246,405 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,217.

    #20,996
    rank among US surnames
    1,253
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #20,319)

    Who is named Speirs

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

    93% of people named Speirs identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Speirss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ronald Speirs
      American paratrooper (1920-2007)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Speirs

    Speirs has the Soundex code S162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S162.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Speirs?
    1,253 people in the United States had the surname Speirs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,405 Americans. It ranked 20,996th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Speirs?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Speirs identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Speirs?
    Ronald Speirs, American paratrooper (1920-2007).
    Where is the surname Speirs most common?
    Wikidata records people named Speirs in the United States.
    Is the surname Speirs getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,217 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,253 in 2010, up 3.0%.