How common is the surname Spillane?

3,047 people in the United States had the surname Spillane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,328 Americans. It ranked 10,528th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Spillane?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Spillane identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Spillane?

Mickey Spillane, American crime novelist (1918–2006), followed by Joan Spillane.

Where is the surname Spillane most common?

Wikidata records people named Spillane in the United States.

Is the surname Spillane getting more or less common?

More common. 2,879 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,047 in 2010, up 5.8%.

The surname Spillane

An Irish patronymic surname, carried by 3,047 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). Spillane is more common than 93.5% of them.

Origin

Irish origin

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Spealáin (“descendant of Spealán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of speal (“scythe”).

Spillane is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,047 people named Spillane in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,328 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,879.

#10,528

rank among US surnames

3,047

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.8%

change since 2000 (was #10,261)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,520	McMorris	3,049	101,261
#10,525	Rippy	3,048	101,294
#10,528	Cumming	3,047	101,328
#10,531	Khalid	3,046	101,361
#10,535	Corr	3,045	101,394
#10,536	Duplessis	3,044	101,428

Who is named Spillane

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

96% of people named Spillane identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spillanes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mickey Spillane
American crime novelist (1918–2006)
Joan Spillane
American swimmer, born 1943

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spillane

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

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Spillane come from?: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Spealáin (“descendant of Spealán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive of speal (“scythe”).
How common is the surname Spillane?: 3,047 people in the United States had the surname Spillane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,328 Americans. It ranked 10,528th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spillane?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Spillane identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Spillane?: Mickey Spillane, American crime novelist (1918–2006), followed by Joan Spillane.
Where is the surname Spillane most common?: Wikidata records people named Spillane in the United States.
What type of surname is Spillane?: Spillane is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Spillane getting more or less common?: More common. 2,879 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,047 in 2010, up 5.8%.