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    The surname Splawn

    A surname, carried by 1,226 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S145

    Splawn: #21,360 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Splawn #21,360, 1,226 people Splawn: #21,360 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Splawn #21,360, 1,226 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Splawn is more common than 86.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,226 people named Splawn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,832 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,174.

    #21,360
    rank among US surnames
    1,226
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #20,898)

    Who is named Splawn

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

    92% of people named Splawn identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Splawn

    Splawn 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 Splawn?
    1,226 people in the United States had the surname Splawn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,832 Americans. It ranked 21,360th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Splawn?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Splawn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Splawn getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,174 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,226 in 2010, up 4.4%.