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    The surname Speiser

    A German surname, carried by 1,021 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S126

    Speiser: #24,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Speiser #24,499, 1,021 people Speiser: #24,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Speiser #24,499, 1,021 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Speiser is more common than 84.9% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Speiser.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,021 people named Speiser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,395 Americans. That is down 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,106.

    #24,499
    rank among US surnames
    1,021
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -7.7%
    change since 2000 (was #21,892)

    Who is named Speiser

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

    96% of people named Speiser identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    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 Speiser

    Speiser has the Soundex code S126, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S126.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Speiser come from?
    Borrowed from German Speiser.
    How common is the surname Speiser?
    1,021 people in the United States had the surname Speiser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,395 Americans. It ranked 24,499th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Speiser?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Speiser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Speiser getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,106 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,021 in 2010, down 7.7%.