How common is the surname Spahn?

2,235 people in the United States had the surname Spahn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,141 Americans. It ranked 13,569th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Spahn?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Spahn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Spahn?

Warren Spahn, American baseball player (1921–2003).

Where is the surname Spahn most common?

Wikidata records people named Spahn in the United States.

Is the surname Spahn getting more or less common?

More common. 2,200 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,235 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Spahn

A surname, carried by 2,235 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S150

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spahn is more common than 91.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,235 people named Spahn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 138,141 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,200.

#13,569

rank among US surnames

2,235

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #12,831)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,564	Trang	2,236	138,079
#13,569	Umberger	2,235	138,141
#13,572	Boler	2,234	138,203
#13,578	Hosler	2,233	138,265

Who is named Spahn

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

93% of people named Spahn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Two or more races 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spahns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Warren Spahn
American baseball player (1921–2003)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spahn

Spahn has the Soundex code S150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S150.

Questions

How common is the surname Spahn?: 2,235 people in the United States had the surname Spahn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 138,141 Americans. It ranked 13,569th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spahn?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Spahn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Spahn?: Warren Spahn, American baseball player (1921–2003).
Where is the surname Spahn most common?: Wikidata records people named Spahn in the United States.
Is the surname Spahn getting more or less common?: More common. 2,200 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,235 in 2010, up 1.6%.