Spedding
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Spedding is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom. Recorded meaning: Perhaps ‘son of Speed’.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- AUAustralia
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Perhaps ‘son of Speed’.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Spedding is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Irish, Bibl. See MacSpadden
as a nameThe Surnames of Ireland
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- James Speddingb. 1808GBEnglish author and editor (1808-1881)
- Frank Speddingb. 1902USAmerican chemist (1902–1984)
- Colin Speddingb. 1925GBEnglish biologist and agricultural scientist (1925-2012)
- Frank Speddingb. 1929GBBritish composer (1929-2001)
- Chris Speddingb. 1944GBEnglish rock and roll and jazz guitarist
- Charles Speddingb. 1952GBBritish athlete
- Alison Speddingb. 1962GBBritish anthropologist
- Duncan Speddingb. 1977GBEnglish footballer (born 1977)
- Scott Speddingb. 1986ZASouth African and French rugby union player
- Michael SpeddingGBresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 1.7K | #4,283 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 342 | #59,171 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 331 | #64,820 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 317 | #59,611 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #291,507 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Spedding mean, and where does it come from?
- Perhaps ‘son of Speed’. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Spedding have the most bearers?
- Spedding is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Spedding”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.