Speicher
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Toponymic/wohnstätten surname from mhd
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈspaɪkɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Speicher is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 110K(measured from records)
- CHSwitzerland1 in 350K
- SESweden1 in 729K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 17 (measured from records)
- 1 in 110K (inferred from the name graph)
3,029 people, 2010
Reference-verified
United States
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Toponymic/wohnstätten surname from mhd. spöcher, mnd. spiker '(Korn-)Speicher' for the resident/manager; bearer count 1169.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Speicher counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 3,029 | 1 in 110K | 3K | Speicher | 17 |
| CH Switzerland | 24 | 1 in 350K | 24 | — | — |
| NL Netherlands | 16 | 1 in 1.1M | 16 | — | — |
| SE Sweden | 14 | 1 in 729K | 14 | — | — |
| PL Poland | 11 | 1 in 3.5M | 7 | — | — |
| BE Belgium | 10 | 1 in 1.2M | 10 | — | — |
3,029 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Speicher is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, from ON Trier; also Swiss spicher, 'storehouse'.
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, Toponymic surname from a dwelling/place name based on Speicher/Spieker; bearers: 1169.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
In German, granary
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Speicher(mann) (ON. Trier); Schweiz. Spi- cher | er, mann. Vgl. Spie- cker
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, occupation: granary/storehouse keeper
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
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)
- Eugene Speicherb. 1883USAmerican artist (1883-1962)
- Rosine Speicherb. 1884DEGerman editor (1884-1967)
- Elsie Speicherb. 1889USwife of Eugene Speicher
- Georges Speicherb. 1907FRFrench road bicycle racer (1907–1978)
- Scott Speicherb. 1957USUSN pilot killed in Iraq (1957-1991)
- Roland Speicherb. 1960DEGerman mathematician
- Michael R. Speicherb. 1960DEresearcher
- Marc Speicherb. 1984DEGerman politician
- Maximilian Speicherb. 1987DEDr.-Ing. Technische Universität Chemnitz 2016
- Kathleen B. SpeicherUSassistant professor emeritus of clinical medicine
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3K | #10,584 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3K | #10,069 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.9K | #10,476 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 24 | #32,062 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 16 | #54,791 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 14 | #32,343 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 10 | #70,507 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 7 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 7 | #170,133 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 4 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 4 | #241,259 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- Where does the name Speicher come from?
- Toponymic/wohnstätten surname from mhd. spöcher, mnd. spiker '(Korn-)Speicher' for the resident/manager; bearer count 1169. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
- How do you pronounce Speicher?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈspaɪkɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Speicher mean?
- Recorded meaning: Toponymic/wohnstätten surname from mhd.
- In which country does Speicher have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 3.0 thousand people named Speicher, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled speicher.
- Where is Speicher most common?
- Speicher is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 110 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Speicher?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,029 people named Speicher in 2010, about 1 in 110 thousand residents.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Speicher”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.