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There are approximately 8,114 people named Spicer in the UK. That makes it the 1,328th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 128 are named Spicer.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Occupational Name

Related and similar surnames

Spickard
Spicher
Spica
Speizer
Speiser
Spicere
Spicier
Spicers
Spiccer
Spicear
Spicera
Spicery
Spicern
Spicar
Spicaertz
Spiceard
Spickarz
Spickars
Spicard
Sapicer
Spickaertz
Speicer
Spicjkers
Spickeard
Spicartz

The Spicer surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

SPICER. O. Fr. espicier. What we now call a grocer, because, ivter alia, he deals in figs (frossi), the French call an ejncier, or spicer, because he sells spices, &c.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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