# Spanier (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,253 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,996 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 246,405 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.2% (1,169 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Spanier 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) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Spanier in the United States.

## People named Spanier

- Muggsy Spanier, American musician (1901-1967)
- Edwin Spanier, American mathematician (1921-1996)

## Similar surnames

Spooner, Spinner, Spainhour, Schaffner, Shoffner, Shofner, Shaffner, Spenard.

## 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.