How common is the surname Spigner?

1,234 people in the United States had the surname Spigner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 250,199 Americans. It ranked 21,251st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Spigner getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,259 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,234 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname Spigner

A surname, carried by 1,234 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S125

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spigner is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,234 people named Spigner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 250,199 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,259.

#21,251

rank among US surnames

1,234

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #19,784)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#21,251	Guinto	1,234	250,199
#21,260	Craney	1,233	250,402

Who is named Spigner

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

51% of people named Spigner identified as Black (not Hispanic), 41% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.4% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 51%
White (not Hispanic) 41%
Two or more races 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Spigner?: 1,234 people in the United States had the surname Spigner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 250,199 Americans. It ranked 21,251st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spigner?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Spigner identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 41% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Spigner getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,259 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,234 in 2010, down 2.0%.