as a Last Name
- 38,899
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Spence
Meaning & Origins
English and Scottish: metonymic occupational name for a servant employed in the pantry of a great house or monastery, from Middle English spense ‘larder’, ‘storeroom’ (a reduced form of Old French despense, from a Late Latin derivative of dispendere, past participle dispensus, ‘to weigh out or dispense’).
| 899th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 38,899
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Delaware
- has the most people named Spence per capita
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
