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    The surname Spilman

    A surname, carried by 1,384 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S145

    Spilman: #19,513 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Spilman #19,513, 1,384 people Spilman: #19,513 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Spilman #19,513, 1,384 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spilman is more common than 88% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,384 people named Spilman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 223,082 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,351.

    #19,513
    rank among US surnames
    1,384
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #18,765)

    Who is named Spilman

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

    94% of people named Spilman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Spilman

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Spilman?
    1,384 people in the United States had the surname Spilman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 223,082 Americans. It ranked 19,513th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Spilman?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Spilman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Spilman getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,351 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,384 in 2010, up 2.4%.