as a Last Name
- 11,739
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Speer
Meaning & Origins
German and Dutch: from Middle High German, Middle Dutch sper ‘spear’, hence a nickname for a tall, thin person, or else for a skilled user of the hunting spear. In part it may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a maker of spears.
| 2,644th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 11,739
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Arkansas
- has the most people named Speer per capita
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