How common is the surname Spinelli?

5,332 people in the United States had the surname Spinelli in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,904 Americans. It ranked 6,384th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Spinelli?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Spinelli identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Spinelli?

Jerry Spinelli, American children's writer, followed by Claudio Spinelli.

Where is the surname Spinelli most common?

Wikidata records people named Spinelli in the United States and Argentina.

Is the surname Spinelli getting more or less common?

More common. 5,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,332 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Spinelli

A surname, carried by 5,332 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S154

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spinelli is more common than 96.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,332 people named Spinelli in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,904 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,233.

#6,384

rank among US surnames

5,332

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,045)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,378	Skeen	5,338	57,839
#6,379	Curl	5,335	57,872
#6,381	Robey	5,333	57,893
#6,384	Spinelli	5,332	57,904
#6,388	Klaus	5,328	57,948

Who is named Spinelli

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

94% of people named Spinelli identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spinellis

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jerry Spinelli
American children's writer, born 1941
Claudio Spinelli
Argentinian association football player, born 1997
Anthony Spinelli
American pornographic film director (1927–2000)

Notable Spinellis come mostly from the United States (2) and Argentina (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spinelli

Spinella

Spinelli has the Soundex code S154, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S154.

Questions

How common is the surname Spinelli?: 5,332 people in the United States had the surname Spinelli in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,904 Americans. It ranked 6,384th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spinelli?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Spinelli identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Spinelli?: Jerry Spinelli, American children's writer, followed by Claudio Spinelli.
Where is the surname Spinelli most common?: Wikidata records people named Spinelli in the United States and Argentina.
Is the surname Spinelli getting more or less common?: More common. 5,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,332 in 2010, up 1.9%.