How common is the surname Spinks?

5,868 people in the United States had the surname Spinks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,615 Americans. It ranked 5,881st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Spinks?

Leon Spinks, American boxer (1953–2021), followed by Michael Spinks.

Where is the surname Spinks most common?

Wikidata records people named Spinks in the United States.

Is the surname Spinks getting more or less common?

More common. 5,807 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,868 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Spinks

A nickname surname, carried by 5,868 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S152

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spinks is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

The surname is a variant of Spink.

Spinks is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,868 people named Spinks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,615 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,807.

#5,881

rank among US surnames

5,868

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #5,504)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,875	Lombard	5,873	52,570
#5,877	Kuhl	5,872	52,579
#5,878	Wen	5,870	52,597
#5,881	Spinks	5,868	52,615

Who is named Spinks

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

69% of people named Spinks identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 69%
Black (not Hispanic) 25%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spinkss

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leon Spinks
American boxer (1953–2021)
Michael Spinks
American boxer, born 1956
Cory Spinks
American boxer, born 1978

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Spinks

Spinks has the Soundex code S152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S152.

Questions

Where does the surname Spinks come from?: The surname is a variant of Spink.
How common is the surname Spinks?: 5,868 people in the United States had the surname Spinks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,615 Americans. It ranked 5,881st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spinks?: In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Spinks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Spinks?: Leon Spinks, American boxer (1953–2021), followed by Michael Spinks.
Where is the surname Spinks most common?: Wikidata records people named Spinks in the United States.
What type of surname is Spinks?: Spinks is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
Is the surname Spinks getting more or less common?: More common. 5,807 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,868 in 2010, up 1.1%.