How common is the surname Spoon?

2,977 people in the United States had the surname Spoon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,710 Americans. It ranked 10,728th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Spoon?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Spoon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Spoon getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,025 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,977 in 2010, down 1.6%.

The surname Spoon

A surname, carried by 2,977 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S150

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spoon is more common than 93.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,977 people named Spoon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 103,710 Americans. That is down 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,025.

#10,728

rank among US surnames

2,977

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-1.6%

change since 2000 (was #9,856)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,721	Mager	2,980	103,606
#10,724	Chidester	2,979	103,641
#10,726	Hennigan	2,978	103,675
#10,728	Spoon	2,977	103,710
#10,729	Lumley	2,976	103,745
#10,731	DeFilippo	2,975	103,780
#10,736	Haman	2,974	103,815

Who is named Spoon

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

92% of people named Spoon identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spoon

Spoon has the Soundex code S150, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S150.

Questions

How common is the surname Spoon?: 2,977 people in the United States had the surname Spoon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 103,710 Americans. It ranked 10,728th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spoon?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Spoon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Spoon getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,025 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,977 in 2010, down 1.6%.