# Spenard (surname)

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

A surname from French

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | French |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 377 |
| US rank (2010) | 54,637 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 818,954 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.4% (351 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From French Spénard * The lake in Alaska is named after early settler Joe Spenard, who settled on its shores. A road from what was Anchorage city limits to the lake is named Spenard Road, after the lake, which is now contained within Anchorage. The neighborhood surrounding the lake is named after the road. The type of divorce is named after the neighborhood.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Spenard 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Similar surnames

Spooner, Schaffner, Spinner, Shoffner, Shofner, Spanier, Shaffner, Spainhour.

## 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.