Speier

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Speier.

Proper noun

Speier (plural Speiers)

  1. A surname from German.
    • 2019 November 22, Lauren Gambino, “'Absolute fearlessness': women take impeachment spotlight and speak truth as Trump fumes”, in The Guardian[1], archived from the original on 1 January 2020:
      Hours into the final public hearing of the House’s historic impeachment inquiry on Thursday, the congresswoman Jackie Speier, a Democrat from California, asked the witness to verify a story she had heard about her. [] But Speier turned to Hill’s hardscrabble upbringing in County Durham, in the north-east of England.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Speier is the 37691st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 590 individuals. Speier is most common among White (96.44%) individuals.

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