How common is the surname Spicer?

18,501 people in the United States had the surname Spicer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,688 Americans. It ranked 1,951st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Spicer?

Sean Spicer, American political strategist and former White House Press Secretary and Communications Di, followed by Jack Spicer.

Where is the surname Spicer most common?

Wikidata records people named Spicer in the United States.

How do you pronounce Spicer?

Spicer is /ˈspaɪsɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Spicer getting more or less common?

More common. 17,901 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,501 in 2010, up 3.4%.

The surname Spicer

An occupational surname, carried by 18,501 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈspaɪsɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex S126

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spicer is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as an occupation for a spice dealer.

Spicer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,501 people named Spicer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,688 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 17,901.

#1,951

rank among US surnames

18,501

people in 2010

6.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,846)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,942	Fair	18,609	16,591
#1,943	Rizzo	18,605	16,595
#1,944	Sands	18,584	16,614
#1,945	Queen	18,557	16,638
#1,946	Ledford	18,532	16,660
#1,947	Allred	18,526	16,666
#1,948	Bledsoe	18,510	16,680

Who is named Spicer

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

82% of people named Spicer identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 13%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spicers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sean Spicer
American political strategist and former White House Press Secretary and Communications Di, born 1971
Jack Spicer
American poet (1925–1965)
Bryan Spicer
American film and television director, born 1964

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spicer

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

Questions

How common is the surname Spicer?: 18,501 people in the United States had the surname Spicer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,688 Americans. It ranked 1,951st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spicer?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Spicer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Spicer?: Sean Spicer, American political strategist and former White House Press Secretary and Communications Di, followed by Jack Spicer.
Where is the surname Spicer most common?: Wikidata records people named Spicer in the United States.
How do you pronounce Spicer?: Spicer is /ˈspaɪsɚ/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Spicer?: Spicer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Spicer getting more or less common?: More common. 17,901 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,501 in 2010, up 3.4%.