How common is the surname Spero?

2,036 people in the United States had the surname Spero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,643 Americans. It ranked 14,617th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Spero?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Spero identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Spero getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,232 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,036 in 2010, down 8.8%.

The surname Spero

A surname, carried by 2,036 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spero is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,036 people named Spero in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,643 Americans. That is down 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,232.

#14,617

rank among US surnames

2,036

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-8.8%

change since 2000 (was #12,705)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,612	Wimbush	2,037	151,569
#14,617	Maza	2,036	151,643
#14,624	McQuillen	2,035	151,718

Who is named Spero

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

91% of people named Spero identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spero

Spero has the Soundex code S160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S160.

Questions

How common is the surname Spero?: 2,036 people in the United States had the surname Spero in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,643 Americans. It ranked 14,617th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spero?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Spero identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Spero getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,232 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,036 in 2010, down 8.8%.