How common is the surname Spies?

3,508 people in the United States had the surname Spies in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,012 Americans. It ranked 9,279th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Spies?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Spies identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Spies?

Ben Spies, American motorcycle racer, followed by August Vincent Theodore Spies.

Where is the surname Spies most common?

Wikidata records people named Spies in the United States and Germany.

Is the surname Spies getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,570 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,508 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname Spies

A surname, carried by 3,508 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S120

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spies is more common than 94.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,508 people named Spies in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,012 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,570.

#9,279

rank among US surnames

3,508

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,502)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,273	Woodside	3,511	87,937
#9,274	Cluff	3,510	87,962
#9,276	Calderone	3,509	87,987
#9,279	Spies	3,508	88,012
#9,281	Tarter	3,507	88,037
#9,283	Creasy	3,506	88,062

Who is named Spies

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

95% of people named Spies identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spiess

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ben Spies
American motorcycle racer, born 1984
August Vincent Theodore Spies
American upholsterer, radical labor activist, and newspaper editor (1855-1887)

Notable Spiess come mostly from the United States (1) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spies

Spies has the Soundex code S120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S120.

Questions

How common is the surname Spies?: 3,508 people in the United States had the surname Spies in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,012 Americans. It ranked 9,279th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spies?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Spies identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Spies?: Ben Spies, American motorcycle racer, followed by August Vincent Theodore Spies.
Where is the surname Spies most common?: Wikidata records people named Spies in the United States and Germany.
Is the surname Spies getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,570 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,508 in 2010, down 1.7%.