How common is the surname Spano?

4,561 people in the United States had the surname Spano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,693 Americans. It ranked 7,315th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Spano?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Spano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Spano?

Joe Spano, American actor (born 1946), followed by Vincent Spano.

Where is the surname Spano most common?

Wikidata records people named Spano in the United States and Italy.

Is the surname Spano getting more or less common?

More common. 4,429 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,561 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Spano

A surname, carried by 4,561 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S150

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spano is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,561 people named Spano in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,693 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,429.

#7,315

rank among US surnames

4,561

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #6,977)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,308	Levan	4,564	67,648
#7,311	Casale	4,563	67,663
#7,314	Struble	4,562	67,678
#7,315	Cofer	4,561	67,693
#7,317	Monte	4,560	67,707
#7,319	Raby	4,559	67,722
#7,320	Blades	4,558	67,737

Who is named Spano

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

94% of people named Spano identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.0%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spanos

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joe Spano
American actor (born 1946)
Vincent Spano
American actor, film director and producer, born 1962
Maxime Spano
Algerian and French footballer, born 1994
Nick Spano
American actor, born 1976

Notable Spanos come mostly from the United States (3) and Italy (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spano

Spano 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 Spano?: 4,561 people in the United States had the surname Spano in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,693 Americans. It ranked 7,315th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spano?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Spano identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Spano?: Joe Spano, American actor (born 1946), followed by Vincent Spano.
Where is the surname Spano most common?: Wikidata records people named Spano in the United States and Italy.
Is the surname Spano getting more or less common?: More common. 4,429 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,561 in 2010, up 3.0%.