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    The surname Spann

    A surname, carried by 12,457 people in the United States.

    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). Spann is more common than 98.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,457 people named Spann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,785 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,691.

    #2,882
    rank among US surnames
    12,457
    people in 2010
    4.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.6%
    change since 2000 (was #2,815)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,873Baugh12,54324,615
    #2,874Crawley12,52324,654
    #2,875Wheatley12,52024,660
    #2,876Linn12,50824,684
    #2,877Shockley12,50424,692
    #2,878Chisholm12,50324,694
    #2,879Dong12,46624,767

    Who is named Spann

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

    51% of people named Spann identified as Black (not Hispanic), 43% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 51%
    • White (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Spanns

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Otis Spann
      American Chicago blues pianist (1930–1970)
    • Othmar Spann
      Austrian philosopher (1878-1950)

    Notable Spanns come mostly from the United States (1) and Austria (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Spann

    Spann 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 Spann?
    12,457 people in the United States had the surname Spann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,785 Americans. It ranked 2,882nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Spann?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Spann identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 43% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Spann?
    Otis Spann, American Chicago blues pianist (1930–1970), followed by Othmar Spann.
    Where is the surname Spann most common?
    Wikidata records people named Spann in the United States and Austria.
    Is the surname Spann getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,691 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,457 in 2010, up 6.6%.