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    The surname Spain

    A Norman nickname surname, carried by 11,628 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /speɪn/ 1 syllable Soundex S150

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spain is more common than 98.1% of them.

    Origin

    Norman origin

    From Middle English Spayne, from Anglo-Norman Espayne, from Late Latin Spania, from earlier Latin Hispānia. Displaced Old English Ispania, which was borrowed directly from Latin. Doublet of Hispania.

    Spain is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 128 Norman surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 11,628 people named Spain in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,552 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,232.

    #3,093
    rank among US surnames
    11,628
    people in 2010
    3.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,943)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #3,084Faulk11,65626,488
    #3,086Bigelow11,65026,502
    #3,087Helm11,64926,504
    #3,088Bull11,64626,511
    #3,089Dockery11,64426,515
    #3,091Matias11,63526,536
    #3,092Boland11,63126,545

    Who is named Spain

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

    73% of people named Spain identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 73%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Spains

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ken Spain
      American basketball player (1946–1990)
    • Francis Spain
      American ice hockey player (1909–1977)
    • Fay Spain
      American film and television actress (1932–1983)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Spayen

    Surnames that sound like Spain

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

    Other Norman surnames

    All 128 Norman surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Spain come from?
    From Middle English Spayne, from Anglo-Norman Espayne, from Late Latin Spania, from earlier Latin Hispānia. Displaced Old English Ispania, which was borrowed directly from Latin. Doublet of Hispania.
    How common is the surname Spain?
    11,628 people in the United States had the surname Spain in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,552 Americans. It ranked 3,093rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Spain?
    In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Spain identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Spain?
    Ken Spain, American basketball player (1946–1990), followed by Francis Spain.
    Where is the surname Spain most common?
    Wikidata records people named Spain in the United States.
    How do you pronounce Spain?
    Spain is /speɪn/, one syllable.
    What type of surname is Spain?
    Spain is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Spain getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,232 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,628 in 2010, up 3.5%.
    What are other spellings of Spain?
    Spayen.