How common is the surname Spears?

41,665 people in the United States had the surname Spears in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,410 Americans. It ranked 830th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Spears?

Britney Spears, American singer, songwriter, actress and model (born 1981), followed by Jamie Lynn Spears.

Where is the surname Spears most common?

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

Is the surname Spears getting more or less common?

More common. 40,203 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,665 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Spears

A patronymic surname, carried by 41,665 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S162

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spears is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

From Spear + -s. Patronymic of Spear.

Spears is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 41,665 people named Spears in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,410 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 40,203.

#830

rank among US surnames

41,665

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #785)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#821	Livingston	42,103	7,333
#822	Frost	42,015	7,348
#823	Glass	41,802	7,386
#824	Morse	41,774	7,391
#825	Knapp	41,771	7,391
#826	Herman	41,750	7,395
#827	Stark	41,735	7,398

Who is named Spears

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

67% of people named Spears identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Black (not Hispanic) 26%
Two or more races 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spearss

13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Britney Spears
American singer, songwriter, actress and model (born 1981)
Jamie Lynn Spears
American actress and singer (born 1991)
Abigail Spears
American tennis player, born 1981
Aries Spears
American comedian, born 1975
Randy Spears
American pornographic actor, born 1961
Eddie Spears
American actor, born 1982
Zak Spears
American pornographic actor in gay films, formerly mainstream film actor, born 1965
Peter Spears
American actor, born 2000
Ken Spears
American writer (1938-2020)
Robert Spears
Australian cyclist (1893–1950)
Edward Spears
British Army general (1886-1974)
Michael Spears
American actor-musician, born 1977

Notable Spearss come mostly from the United States (11), Australia (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spears

Spears has the Soundex code S162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S162.

Questions

Where does the surname Spears come from?: From Spear + -s. Patronymic of Spear.
How common is the surname Spears?: 41,665 people in the United States had the surname Spears in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,410 Americans. It ranked 830th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spears?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Spears identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Spears?: Britney Spears, American singer, songwriter, actress and model (born 1981), followed by Jamie Lynn Spears.
Where is the surname Spears most common?: Wikidata records people named Spears in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Spears?: Spears is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Spears getting more or less common?: More common. 40,203 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,665 in 2010, up 3.6%.