Explore the Family Name Spickard

The meaning of Spickard

Probably an Americanized form of German Spickert, Speckar(d)t, or Speckhardt, a topographic name for someone who lived by or worked on a plank or log road, from Middle Low German, Middle High German specke, spicke ‘raised dam through swampy terrain, plank or log road’.

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

The popularity of the surname "Spickard" in the U.S. has seen a slight decrease over the decade from 2000 to 2010, according to data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, it stood at rank 34,599 and by 2010, it had slipped to rank 37,848 — a change of -9.39%. The count of people with this surname also fell from 619 in 2000 to 587 in 2010, a -5.17% change. As a result, the proportion of people with the "Spickard" surname per 100,000 in the population decreased by -13.04%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#34,599	#37,848	-9.39%
Count	619	587	-5.17%
Proportion per 100k	0.23	0.2	-13.04%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Spickard

Regarding the ethnic identity of individuals with the surname "Spickard", also derived from the Decennial U.S. Census, the majority identified as White. In 2000, 95.80% identified as White and this figure rose slightly to 96.25% in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Black saw a decrease from 1.94% to 1.70%. Individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander increased from 0.81% to 0.85%. However, there was no recorded data for those identifying as Hispanic or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year, as well as for those identifying with two or more races in 2010, potentially due to suppression for privacy reasons.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.8%	96.25%	0.47%
Black	1.94%	1.7%	-12.37%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.81%	0.85%	4.94%
Two or More Races	1.45%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%