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    The surname Spiegel

    A German surname, carried by 6,338 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S124

    Spiegel: #5,488 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Spiegel #5,488, 6,338 people Spiegel: #5,488 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Spiegel #5,488, 6,338 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spiegel is more common than 96.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    From German Spiegel.

    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 6,338 people named Spiegel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,713 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,285.

    #5,488
    rank among US surnames
    6,338
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,123)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,479Reza6,34948,629
    #5,480Warrick6,34748,644
    #5,481Huss6,34648,652
    #5,482Orth6,34548,660
    #5,484Lemoine6,34348,675
    #5,485Pender6,34048,698
    #5,486Galaviz6,33948,706

    Who is named Spiegel

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

    95% of people named Spiegel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Spiegels

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Evan Spiegel
      American businessman (born 1990)
    • Sam Spiegel
      American film producer (1901–1985)
    • Laurie Spiegel
      American composer (born 1945)
    • Scott Spiegel
      American film director (1957–2025)
    • Spike Jonze
      American filmmaker (born 1969)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Spegal

    Surnames that sound like Spiegel

    Spiegel has the Soundex code S124, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S124.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Spiegel come from?
    From German Spiegel.
    How common is the surname Spiegel?
    6,338 people in the United States had the surname Spiegel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,713 Americans. It ranked 5,488th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Spiegel?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Spiegel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Spiegel?
    Evan Spiegel, American businessman (born 1990), followed by Sam Spiegel.
    Where is the surname Spiegel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Spiegel in the United States.
    Is the surname Spiegel getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,285 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,338 in 2010, up 0.8%.
    What are other spellings of Spiegel?
    Spegal.