# Spalding (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/spalding/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English and Scottish habitational surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,601 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,125 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 35,896 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (8,363 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Spaulding |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Spalding in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Spalding in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Singapore.

## People named Spalding

- Esperanza Spalding, American jazz bassist and singer (born 1984)
- Albert Spalding, American pitcher, manager, and business executive (1850–1915)
- Martin John Spalding, (1810-1872), Archbishop of Baltimore
- Mark Spalding, American Roman Catholic bishop
- Baird Thomas Spalding, (1872-1953) American writer
- Burleigh F. Spalding, American politician (1853-1934)
- Dale Spalding, American singer
- Albert Spalding, American violinist (1888-1953)
- Douglas Spalding, British biologist
- Kaylani Lei, American pornographic actress

## Similar surnames

Spaulding, Sheffield, Schofield, Shifflett, Scofield, Seabolt, Shiflett, Sublett, Seefeldt, Saffold, Shiflet, Seibold.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.