How common is the surname Spiess?

1,912 people in the United States had the surname Spiess in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,478 Americans. It ranked 15,340th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Spiess?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Spiess identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Spiess?

Ulrich Spiess, Austrian alpine skier.

Where is the surname Spiess most common?

Wikidata records people named Spiess in Austria.

Is the surname Spiess getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,922 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,912 in 2010, down 0.5%.

The surname Spiess

A German surname, carried by 1,912 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spiess is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Spiess.

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 1,912 people named Spiess in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 161,478 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,922.

#15,340

rank among US surnames

1,912

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.5%

change since 2000 (was #14,292)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,340	Mungia	1,912	161,478
#15,347	McMiller	1,911	161,562

Who is named Spiess

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

95% of people named Spiess identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spiesss

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ulrich Spiess
Austrian alpine skier, born 1955

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spiess

Spiess has the Soundex code S120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S120.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Spiess come from?: Borrowed from German Spiess.
How common is the surname Spiess?: 1,912 people in the United States had the surname Spiess in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 161,478 Americans. It ranked 15,340th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spiess?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Spiess identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Spiess?: Ulrich Spiess, Austrian alpine skier.
Where is the surname Spiess most common?: Wikidata records people named Spiess in Austria.
Is the surname Spiess getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,922 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,912 in 2010, down 0.5%.