Speaker Surname

182,345th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,331 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Speaker Surname Definition:

(English) One who acted as a spokesman for others.

Speaker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,1601:167,80517,002
Canada561:657,95753,499
Iran271:2,843,79788,363
Belgium141:821,18966,436
India111:69,733,217610,955
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
England71:7,959,723202,100
China51:273,464,31313,838
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5111:98,2759,988

Speaker (175) may also be a first name.

Speaker Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who acted as a spokesman for others.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Speaker Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Speaker Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Speaker (Arabic: سبيكر) has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Speaker click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Speaker? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 182,345th most widespread last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 3,126,360 people. The surname Speaker occurs mostly in The Americas, where 88 percent of Speaker reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 87 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Speaker is also the 690,096th most common first name world-wide, borne by 175 people.

The last name is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 2,160 people, or 1 in 167,805. In The United States it is most numerous in: Texas, where 13 percent are found, California, where 10 percent are found and Illinois, where 6 percent are found. Excluding The United States Speaker is found in 35 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 2 percent are found and Iran, where 1 percent are found.

Speaker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Speaker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Speaker last name grew 423 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 350 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Speaker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Speaker surname are 18.87% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 65.64% registered with the party.

The amount Speaker earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.42% more than the national average, earning $44,195 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.84% less than the national average, earning $46,780 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spieaker931/
Speacker930/
Speker92149/
Spaker9262/
Speakr921/
Spieker866,222/
Specker862,604/
Spekker86269/
Speiker86159/
Speeker869/
Szpeker867/
Spaeker864/
Speyker862/
Shpeker862/
Spacker861/
Spheker861/
Speacer861/
Spakier861/
Spekerd860/
Spesker860/
Spekr831/
Spakr830/
Spiecker801,793/
Speckert80441/
Spiekker8049/
Spiegker8017/
Speicker8015/
Speijker8015/
Spoecker807/
Spackert802/
Spetkert801/
Speikher801/
Shpekker801/
Spaekeer801/
Szpieker801/
Speckier800/
Speckerd800/
Spiker774,976/
Spyker77940/
Späker77151/
Spacer7745/
Specer7726/
Shpaikher7519/
Shpaykher7511/
Speckhert751/
Sppeckert750/
Spijker713,302/
Spicker712,118/
Spikker71315/
Spacher71176/
Specher71106/
Shpiker7186/
Spikert718/
Spikier716/
Speckir715/
Speicer714/
Szpiker714/
Spidker712/
Spiceer712/
Spajcer712/
Spuiker712/
Shpyker712/
Spakkir711/
Spisker711/
Špekker711/
Spioker710/
Spicear710/
Speicher677,949/
Spickert67109/
Speccher6789/
Spejcher6784/
Spikkert6724/
Szpicker678/
Spiscker678/
Shpykert678/
Spaicher673/
Shpacher672/
Spickier671/
Speecher671/
Specr671/

Speaker Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Speaker in the Arabic language
سبيكرsbykr-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Speaker
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