Explore the Family Name Spiering

The meaning of Spiering

German: 1. habitational name for someone from any of several places called Spier, or from Speyer (see Spier 4). 2. metonymic occupational name for a fisherman, from Middle Low German spiring denoting a small salt-water fish: in some instances the surname may have arisen as a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Spiering has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. Despite this drop, the count of people with this last name increased by 4.1%, from 854 to 889 in the same period. The rank fell from 26,783rd most popular surname in the U.S. to 27,204th. This indicates a decrease in proportion per 100,000 people, dropping from 0.32 to 0.3, which is a 6.25% decline.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#26,783	#27,204	-1.57%
Count	854	889	4.1%
Proportion per 100k	0.32	0.3	-6.25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Spiering

When it comes to ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that in 2010, the majority of individuals with the Spiering surname identified as White, making up 94.94% of the total, a slight decrease from 96.14% in 2000. Meanwhile, there was an increase in those identifying as Hispanic, rising from 1.52% in 2000 to 2.70% in 2010. Interestingly, some Spierings began to identify as Asian/Pacific Islander in 2010, while none did so in 2000. The percentage of those identifying with two or more races saw a decline from 1.64% in 2000 to 1.12% in 2010. There were no recorded changes in individuals identifying as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.14%	94.94%	-1.25%
Hispanic	1.52%	2.7%	77.63%
Two or More Races	1.64%	1.12%	-31.71%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.9%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%