How common is the surname Spooner?

7,359 people in the United States had the surname Spooner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,955 Americans. It ranked 4,802nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Spooner?

Lysander Spooner, American political philosopher, essayist, pamphlet writer, Unitarian, abolitionist, indivi, followed by Lloyd Spooner.

Where is the surname Spooner most common?

Wikidata records people named Spooner in the United States.

How do you pronounce Spooner?

Spooner is /ˈspunɚ/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Spooner getting more or less common?

More common. 7,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,359 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Spooner

A surname, carried by 7,359 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈspunɚ/ 2 syllables Soundex S156

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spooner is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,359 people named Spooner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,955 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,209.

#4,802

rank among US surnames

7,359

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,524)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,793	Dabney	7,376	41,858
#4,794	Duckett	7,375	41,864
#4,795	McReynolds	7,373	41,875
#4,796	Shane	7,372	41,881
#4,797	Bettencourt	7,365	41,921
#4,799	Crites	7,363	41,932
#4,800	Pinson	7,362	41,938

Who is named Spooner

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

84% of people named Spooner identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 84%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spooners

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lysander Spooner
American political philosopher, essayist, pamphlet writer, Unitarian, abolitionist, indivi, 1808–1887
Lloyd Spooner
American sport shooter (1884–1966)
Casey Spooner
American musician and artist, born 1970

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spooner

Spooner has the Soundex code S156, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S156.

Questions

How common is the surname Spooner?: 7,359 people in the United States had the surname Spooner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,955 Americans. It ranked 4,802nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spooner?: In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Spooner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Spooner?: Lysander Spooner, American political philosopher, essayist, pamphlet writer, Unitarian, abolitionist, indivi, followed by Lloyd Spooner.
Where is the surname Spooner most common?: Wikidata records people named Spooner in the United States.
How do you pronounce Spooner?: Spooner is /ˈspunɚ/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Spooner getting more or less common?: More common. 7,209 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,359 in 2010, up 2.1%.