How common is the surname Spaulding?

18,902 people in the United States had the surname Spaulding in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,334 Americans. It ranked 1,899th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Spaulding?

James Spaulding, American jazz saxophonist and flutist, followed by Delaney Spaulding.

Where is the surname Spaulding most common?

Wikidata records people named Spaulding in the United States.

Is the surname Spaulding getting more or less common?

More common. 18,527 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,902 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Spaulding

A surname, carried by 18,902 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S143

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spaulding is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

Variant of Spalding.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,902 people named Spaulding in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,334 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,527.

#1,899

rank among US surnames

18,902

people in 2010

6.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #1,774)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,890	Kraus	19,028	16,226
#1,891	Stacy	19,010	16,241
#1,892	Pettit	19,004	16,246
#1,893	Bateman	19,001	16,249
#1,894	Pulido	18,942	16,300
#1,895	Roche	18,940	16,301
#1,896	Tobin	18,932	16,308

Who is named Spaulding

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

84% of people named Spaulding identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.2%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spauldings

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Spaulding
American jazz saxophonist and flutist, born 1937
Delaney Spaulding
American softball player, born 1995

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spaulding

Spalding

Spaulding has the Soundex code S143, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S143.

Questions

Where does the surname Spaulding come from?: Variant of Spalding.
How common is the surname Spaulding?: 18,902 people in the United States had the surname Spaulding in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,334 Americans. It ranked 1,899th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spaulding?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Spaulding identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Spaulding?: James Spaulding, American jazz saxophonist and flutist, followed by Delaney Spaulding.
Where is the surname Spaulding most common?: Wikidata records people named Spaulding in the United States.
Is the surname Spaulding getting more or less common?: More common. 18,527 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,902 in 2010, up 2.0%.