# Spears (surname)

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

An English surname transferred from the nickname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 41,665 |
| US rank (2010) | 830 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 7,410 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.6% (40,203 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Spear + -s. Patronymic of Spear.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Spears 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) | 67% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 26% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Spears in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Spears

- Britney Spears, American singer, songwriter, actress and model (born 1981)
- Jamie Lynn Spears, American actress and singer (born 1991)
- Abigail Spears, American tennis player
- Aries Spears, American comedian
- Randy Spears, American pornographic actor
- Eddie Spears, American actor
- Zak Spears, American pornographic actor in gay films, formerly mainstream film actor
- Peter Spears, American actor
- Ken Spears, American writer (1938-2020)
- Robert Spears, Australian cyclist (1893–1950)
- Edward Spears, British Army general (1886-1974)
- Michael Spears, American actor-musician

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Spires, Spiers, Speers, Speirs, Sparks, Spargo, Sprague, Severson, Sprouse, Sparkman, Spriggs, Spurgeon.

## 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.