The Spiker surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,457 people carried this name — #9,405 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,332 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

23 people named Spiker have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 31 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 3 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Kuyavian-Pomeranian 19
Podlaskie 2
Pomeranian 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In print

Spiker in American newspapers,
1904–1920.

Newspaper page from Rosebud County News carrying the name Spiker
Rosebud County News 1904-09-22
Newspaper page from The St. Mary Banner carrying the name Spiker
The St. Mary Banner 1907-03-30
Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Spiker
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1920-02-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 237,070 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Spiker in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1990s.

298 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Spiker. The most, 159, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 160
New South Wales 35
South Australia 35
Tasmania 26
Queensland 19
Western Australia 9
ACT (Canberra) 1
Northern Territory 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Spiker.

Who carried it

People named Spiker,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Samuel Heinrich Spiker
    Samuel Heinrich Spiker 1786–1858 · composer
  • William Dennis Spiker 1865–1954 · Christian minister
  • Betty Wyprut 1867–1944
  • Charles C. Spiker 1925–1993 · psychologist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Spiker,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States186 records

186 records of the Spiker name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 115
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 35
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 25
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Gilbert O. Spiker

    Born 1917 in Maryland. Enlisted 1943 at Altoona, Pennsylvania; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery, Flintstone, Maryland.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Patrick Spiker

    Born 1930; from Yakima, Washington. U.S. Army, armor reconnaissance specialist; killed in action 1965 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record August Spiker

    Arrived at New York in 1888 aboard the Polaria from Hamburg, aged 29; farmer. From Kahlstadt, Prussia, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 186 records for Spiker in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands86 records

86 records of the Spiker name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 65
  • Dutch population registers 16
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 5
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Egbert Spiker

    Born 1886 in Staphorst. Died 1905 in Staphorst, aged 19.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Klaasje Spiker

    Born 1900 in Staphorst. Died 1951 in Apeldoorn, aged 51.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Egbert Spiker

    Born 1899 in Meppel. Married in 1934 in Meppel; "graanhandelaar". Died 1953 in Urk, aged 54; merchant.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 86 records for Spiker in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Spiker name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ernest Spiker

    Arrived in Victoria in 1861 aboard the Gazelle, aged 21.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Elsie M. Spiker

    Of Rochester, Victoria; died 1947.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record James Spiker

    Born 1883 in Westbury, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Spiker in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Spiker name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Ernst Spiker

    From Germering. Reported wounded in the Bavarian casualty list of 1 April 1919 (Field Artillery Regiment No. 22).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Georg Spiker

    From Berlin. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 12 December 1917; then reported dead in the list of 7 June 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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