# Spoor (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/spoor/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An occupational surname from Middle English

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,487 |
| US rank (2010) | 18,550 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 207,630 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.9% (1,365 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From the Dutch and English surname, from the noun spur. From being a maker of spurs.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Spoor in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Spoor in the United States.

## People named Spoor

- George K. Spoor, American film producer (1871-1953)

## Similar surnames

Spero, Spiro, Shaffer, Schaefer, Shafer, Shapiro, Schafer, Schaffer, Shaver, Schaeffer, Spear, Speer.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.