How common is the surname Spellman?

7,627 people in the United States had the surname Spellman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,481 Americans. It ranked 4,650th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Spellman?

Francis Spellman, American Roman Catholic cardinal (1889–1967), followed by Frank Spellman.

Where is the surname Spellman most common?

Wikidata records people named Spellman in the United States and Lebanon.

Is the surname Spellman getting more or less common?

More common. 7,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,627 in 2010, up 5.4%.

The surname Spellman

A surname, carried by 7,627 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S145

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spellman is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,627 people named Spellman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,481 Americans. That is up 5.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,233.

#4,650

rank among US surnames

7,627

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+5.4%

change since 2000 (was #4,514)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,645	Whiteman	7,642	40,401
#4,648	Driggers	7,641	40,406
#4,649	Fortier	7,634	40,443
#4,650	Stroup	7,627	40,481
#4,652	Mather	7,621	40,512

Who is named Spellman

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

73% of people named Spellman identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 22%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spellmans

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Francis Spellman
American Roman Catholic cardinal (1889–1967)
Frank Spellman
American weightlifter, 1922–2017
John Spellman
American politician (1926-2018)
Omari Spellman
American-Lebanese basketball player, born 1997
Gladys Spellman
American politician from Maryland (1918-1988)

Notable Spellmans come mostly from the United States (4) and Lebanon (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spellman

Spellman has the Soundex code S145, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S145.

Questions

How common is the surname Spellman?: 7,627 people in the United States had the surname Spellman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,481 Americans. It ranked 4,650th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spellman?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Spellman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Spellman?: Francis Spellman, American Roman Catholic cardinal (1889–1967), followed by Frank Spellman.
Where is the surname Spellman most common?: Wikidata records people named Spellman in the United States and Lebanon.
Is the surname Spellman getting more or less common?: More common. 7,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,627 in 2010, up 5.4%.