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    The surname Speller

    A surname, carried by 2,668 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S146

    Speller: #11,743 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Speller #11,743, 2,668 people Speller: #11,743 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Speller #11,743, 2,668 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Speller is more common than 92.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,668 people named Speller in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 115,722 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,377.

    #11,743
    rank among US surnames
    2,668
    people in 2010
    0.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.2%
    change since 2000 (was #12,047)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,736Rockey2,670115,635
    #11,739Degroat2,669115,678
    #11,743Manzi2,668115,722
    #11,746Zoller2,667115,765
    #11,751Bruckner2,666115,809

    Who is named Speller

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

    74% of people named Speller identified as Black (not Hispanic), 19% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 74%
    • White (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Speller

    Speller has the Soundex code S146, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S146.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Speller?
    2,668 people in the United States had the surname Speller in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 115,722 Americans. It ranked 11,743rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Speller?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Speller identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 19% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Speller getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,377 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,668 in 2010, up 12%.