Spicer Surname
Approximately 38,483 people bear this surname
Spicer Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the spicer,' the earlier term for the modern grocer. Thus spices meant various kinds. Latin, species.
'Spycers speken with hym.': Piers Plowman. 1332.
'Many a dyvers spyse In bagges about thy bear.
Read More About This SurnameSpicer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23,520 | 1:15,411 | 1,953 |
| England | 7,307 | 1:7,625 | 1,118 |
| Australia | 3,385 | 1:7,975 | 1,188 |
| Canada | 2,478 | 1:14,869 | 2,177 |
| New Zealand | 737 | 1:6,144 | 1,032 |
| Wales | 141 | 1:21,947 | 2,330 |
| South Africa | 139 | 1:389,768 | 34,651 |
| Scotland | 97 | 1:55,194 | 4,640 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 82 | 1:16,634 | 2,056 |
| Ireland | 82 | 1:57,426 | 3,925 |
| Bahrain | 73 | 1:18,474 | 3,432 |
| Jamaica | 65 | 1:44,153 | 2,715 |
| France | 47 | 1:1,413,249 | 138,595 |
| Israel | 43 | 1:199,015 | 19,367 |
| Germany | 36 | 1:2,236,263 | 117,794 |
| Thailand | 27 | 1:2,616,235 | 275,741 |
| Guernsey | 22 | 1:2,929 | 767 |
| Philippines | 17 | 1:5,955,190 | 180,670 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Honduras | 11 | 1:801,495 | 4,197 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Peru | 5 | 1:6,356,825 | 38,776 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Croatia | 4 | 1:1,057,151 | 57,892 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Slovakia | 4 | 1:1,334,112 | 94,300 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Cyprus | 3 | 1:294,959 | 8,690 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Falkland Islands | 3 | 1:1,044 | 221 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 1:1,775,070 | 6,602 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 54 | 1:82,035 | 5,702 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3,988 | 1:6,112 | 940 |
| Wales | 19 | 1:82,548 | 3,796 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:287,940 | 9,345 |
| Guernsey | 6 | 1:5,443 | 949 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,463 | 1:11,252 | 1,464 |
The alternate forms: Špicer (52) are calculated separately.
Spicer (98) may also be a first name.
Spicer Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the spicer,' the earlier term for the modern grocer. Thus spices meant various kinds. Latin, species.
'Spycers speken with hym.': Piers Plowman. 1332.
'Many a dyvers spyse In bagges about thy bear.': An old Song, written against the Mendicant Friars.
Simon le Spicere, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William le Spicere, Oxfordshire, ibid.
William Speciar, Lincolnshire, ibid.
Saer le Spicer. Munimenta Gildhallæ Londoniensis.
Amphelisa le Spicer. Issues of the Exchequer.
Richard le Spycer, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Ricardus Chapman, spicer, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Adam Spisar, spicer, 1379: ibid.
Giliaum Spyser, 1379: ibid.
From the occupation, ME. spicer, dealer in spices. Rauf le Spicer rendered homage, 1296 (Bain, II, p. 197), and Eustace Lespicer and Martin Lespicer rendered homage at Berwick, 1291 (RR.). Le is the French definite article.
(Anglo-French-Latin) Dealer in Spices [Middle English spicer(e, spycer, Anglo-French espicer (French épicier, grocer); Old French espice, spice + the agential suff. -er (Latin -aris); Latin species, with subsid. meaning ‘merchandise’] Richard Lespicer.—Chesh. Chmbrlns’. Accts., A.D. 1303-4.
Spiceres [variant spycers] speken with hym To spien hire [their] ware.—Piers Plowman, 1332-3.
“Dealer in Spices”. Compare French “Epicier”, a Grocer.
(English) One who dealt in spices, a druggist or apothecary.
Old French, espicier. What we now call a grocer, because, inter alia, he deals in figs (grossi), the French call an epicier, or spicer, because he sells spices, &c.
A name of trade, a grocer.
Old from the French, Espicier (?) Benedict le Spicer in Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus, King John
Spicer: from the French épicier.
The Spicers lived in Bishop's Candle or Caundle Bishop last century (H.), and still reside there. Several of the mayors of Exeter bore this name from the 16th to the 18th century (Izacke's "Exeter").
Spicer Demographics
Spicer Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Spicer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Spicer Come From? nationality or country of origin
Spicer is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also appear as: Špicer. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Spicer? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 14,492nd most frequent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 189,371 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 68 percent of Spicer are found; 68 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 956,749th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 98 people.
The surname Spicer is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 23,520 people, or 1 in 15,411. In The United States Spicer is most numerous in: California, where 7 percent reside, Ohio, where 6 percent reside and Texas, where 5 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name is found in 80 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent reside and Australia, where 9 percent reside.
Spicer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Spicer has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 527 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 183 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 742 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 746 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 152 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Spicer Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Spicer surname is principally Anglican (53%) in Ireland.
In The United States Spicer are 16.49% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.26% being registered with the party.
The amount Spicer earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 16.13% less than the national average, earning 290,265 kr per year; in Peru they earn 127.98% more than the national average, earning S/. 44,194 per year; in South Africa they earn 160.57% more than the national average, earning R 619,212 per year; in United States they earn 4.42% less than the national average, earning $41,240 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.07% more than the national average, earning $49,719 CAD per year.
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