Last Name SPENCER

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Meaning A house-steward, one who, strictly speaking, had charge of the buttery or spence.
'Le Despenser,' a steward. The ancestor of the family assumed the name 'Le Despenser' (Latin, 'dispensator'), from being steward to the household of William the Conqueror.
Origin English, French, Jewish, Irish, Falkland, Austrian, Belgian, South african, Cape verdean

Rank 189 (2000 US census) 163 (1990 US census)
Count 134,443 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 71.71%, or 96409 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 22.55%, or 30317 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.69%, or 928 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 1.33%, or 1788 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.97%, or 2649 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.75%, or 2353 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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