How common is the surname Spade?

2,536 people in the United States had the surname Spade in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,745 Americans. It ranked 12,264th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Spade?

David Spade, American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1964), followed by Kate Spade.

Where is the surname Spade most common?

Wikidata records people named Spade in the United States.

Is the surname Spade getting more or less common?

More common. 2,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,536 in 2010, up 6.8%.

The surname Spade

A surname, carried by 2,536 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S130

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spade is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,536 people named Spade in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,745 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,375.

#12,264

rank among US surnames

2,536

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+6.8%

change since 2000 (was #12,058)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,255	Cabe	2,538	121,649
#12,261	Starner	2,537	121,697
#12,264	Lounsbury	2,536	121,745
#12,269	Berggren	2,535	121,793

Who is named Spade

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

91% of people named Spade identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spades

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Spade
American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1964)
Kate Spade
American fashion designer (1962–2018)
Dean Spade
American trans activist, writer and university teacher, born 1977

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spade

Spade has the Soundex code S130, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S130.

Questions

How common is the surname Spade?: 2,536 people in the United States had the surname Spade in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,745 Americans. It ranked 12,264th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spade?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Spade identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Spade?: David Spade, American stand-up comedian and actor (born 1964), followed by Kate Spade.
Where is the surname Spade most common?: Wikidata records people named Spade in the United States.
Is the surname Spade getting more or less common?: More common. 2,375 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,536 in 2010, up 6.8%.