Spike is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Spike
No. of characters: 5
Origin: England
Meaning:

One who made and sold spikes or nails.

A variant form of Spikes. One who made and sold spikes or nails.

Is the variant form of Speaker. One who acted as a spokesman for others.

A variant of Speck. One who came from Speke, i.e., brushwood, in Lancashire; one thought to possess some characteristic of a woodpecker; dweller at the sign of the woodpecker.

Spike is variation of the Speak. Speke1. Speke, a township in Lancashire. 2. See - The Spekes of Somersetshire descend from Richard le Espek, who lived in the reign of Henry II. Wemworthy and Brampton, in Devonshire, were the original seats, but temp. Henry VI. Sir John Speke married the heiress of Beauchamp, and so obtained Whitelackington, county of Somerset, which continued to be the abode of his male descendants for eleven generations.

Spike is the variation of Speke. The Spekes of Somersetshire descend from Richard le Espek, who lived in the reign of Henry II. Wemworthy and Brampton, in Devonshire, were the original seats, but temp. Henry VI. Sir John Speke married the heiress of Beauchamp, and so obtained Whitelackington, county of Somerset, which continued to be the abode of his male descendants for eleven generations.

How popular is Spike?

Spike is common in United States, Egypt, England.

Spike is ranked 239599 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Spike bearers increased by 2.88 per cent in 2010 US census to 608 since 2000, the surname slipped by 820 spots and ranked at 36736. The last name was found in around 2 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 81.74 80.54
Black 12.99 14.38
Hispanic or Latino 3.13 2.71
Others 1.15 1.18
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.99 0
Spike is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in United States. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in Latvia. Around 1670 people have been found who wears Spike as their family name. Spike is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with hundreds of Spike:
37,141 United States842
23,402 Egypt244
19,989 England227
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
39,784 Canada80
2,739 Jamaica64
4,963 Latvia63
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
361,298 India27
66,405 Australia22
39,210 Israel16
16,471 Scotland14
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
177,858 South Africa7

Spike Namesakes

  • Paul Spike, American author, editor and journalist
  • John Spike, American art historian, curator, and author
  • Moondog Spike, during the early 1990s with Moondog Spot from 1991 to 1992 and Moondog Cujo

Spike Namesakes

  • Paul Spike, American author, editor and journalist
  • John Spike, American art historian, curator, and author
  • Moondog Spike, during the early 1990s with Moondog Spot from 1991 to 1992 and Moondog Cujo

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