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    The surname Spiering

    A surname, carried by 889 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S165

    Spiering: #27,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Spiering #27,204, 889 people Spiering: #27,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Spiering #27,204, 889 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spiering is more common than 83.2% of them.

    Origin

    As an English surname, spelling variant of Speyer, Spier; also related to the noun sparling (“kind of smelt”), through Middle Low German spiring.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 889 people named Spiering in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 347,295 Americans. That is up 4.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 854.

    #27,204
    rank among US surnames
    889
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.1%
    change since 2000 (was #26,783)

    Who is named Spiering

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

    95% of people named Spiering identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Spiering

    Spiering has the Soundex code S165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S165.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Spiering come from?
    As an English surname, spelling variant of Speyer, Spier; also related to the noun sparling (“kind of smelt”), through Middle Low German spiring.
    How common is the surname Spiering?
    889 people in the United States had the surname Spiering in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 347,295 Americans. It ranked 27,204th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Spiering?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Spiering identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Spiering getting more or less common?
    More common. 854 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 889 in 2010, up 4.1%.