The Speicher surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,029 people carried this name — #10,584 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 97,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 2,952 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Speicher surname
From Middle High German spīcher, from Old High German spīhhāri, from Proto-West Germanic *spīkārī, borrowed from Late Latin spīcārium.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Speicher» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 85 people named Speicher.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
25 people named Speicher live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Speicher,
with a public archive behind them.
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Georges Speicher 1907–1978 · sport cyclist -
Johann Michael Speicher 1649–1724 · Schultheiss
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Eugene Speicher 1883–1962 · painter
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Rosine Speicher 1884–1967 · editor
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Elsie Speicher 1889–1959
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Théophile Speicher 1909–1982 · association football player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Speicher.
- Spatz 2,083 · U.S. census
- Specht 5,738 · U.S. census
- Speck 6,297 · U.S. census
- Specker 329 · U.S. census
- Speeg 115 · U.S. census
- Speich 456 · U.S. census
- Speller 2,668 · U.S. census
- Spencer 139,951 · U.S. census
- Spengler 2,178 · U.S. census
- Spennato 122 · U.S. census
- Spera 1,534 · U.S. census
- Sperandio 252 · U.S. census
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