Explore the Family Name Speicher

The meaning of Speicher

German: from Middle High German spīcher ‘grain store’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone in charge of a granary, or a topographic name for someone who lived near one.

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How common is the last name Speicher in the United States?

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Speicher has seen a slight decrease in popularity in the United States between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the surname was ranked 10,069th most popular, but fell to the 10,584th spot by 2010, marking a 5.11% drop. However, despite this drop in rank, the actual count of individuals with this surname increased slightly from 2,952 to 3,029 over this time period, an increase of 2.61%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#10,069	#10,584	-5.11%
Count	2,952	3,029	2.61%
Proportion per 100k	1.09	1.03	-5.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Speicher

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that the vast majority of individuals with the Speicher surname identify as White, with 97.29% in 2000 and 96.73% in 2010. Interestingly, there was a significant increase in the proportion who identified as Hispanic, rising from 0.61% in 2000 to 1.25% in 2010, an impressive increase of over 100%. The proportions of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and those reporting two or more races both saw decreases during this period. Notably, the 2010 census reported small proportions of Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native identifiers among the Speichers for the first time, whereas these categories were suppressed or not reported in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.29%	96.73%	-0.58%
Hispanic	0.61%	1.25%	104.92%
Two or More Races	1.25%	1.16%	-7.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.51%	0.33%	-35.29%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.3%	0%
Black	0%	0.23%	0%