# Speth (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/speth/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,467 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,724 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 210,460 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.3% (1,434 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Speth.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Speth in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Similar surnames

Spaeth, Spath, Spieth, Swift, Speed, Spade, Swoboda, Spada, Sepeda, Spady, Sabado, Shibata.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.