How common is the surname Spiro?

1,636 people in the United States had the surname Spiro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,720 Americans. It ranked 17,300th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Spiro?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Spiro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Spiro?

Jordana Spiro, American actress, followed by Samantha Spiro.

Where is the surname Spiro most common?

Wikidata records people named Spiro in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Spiro getting more or less common?

More common. 1,580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,636 in 2010, up 3.5%.

Is Spiro also a first name?

Yes. Spiro is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Spiro

An Albanian surname, carried by 1,636 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S160 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spiro is more common than 89.3% of them.

Origin

Albanian origin

Probably borrowed from Albanian Spiro.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,636 people named Spiro in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 188,720 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,580.

#17,300

rank among US surnames

1,636

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #16,682)

Who is named Spiro

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

95% of people named Spiro identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Two or more races 0.4%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spiros

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jordana Spiro
American actress, born 1977
Samantha Spiro
British actress, born 1968

Notable Spiros come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spiro

Spiro has the Soundex code S160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S160.

Questions

Where does the surname Spiro come from?: Probably borrowed from Albanian Spiro.
How common is the surname Spiro?: 1,636 people in the United States had the surname Spiro in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 188,720 Americans. It ranked 17,300th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spiro?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Spiro identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Spiro?: Jordana Spiro, American actress, followed by Samantha Spiro.
Where is the surname Spiro most common?: Wikidata records people named Spiro in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Spiro getting more or less common?: More common. 1,580 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,636 in 2010, up 3.5%.
Is Spiro also a first name?: Yes. Spiro is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.