How common is the surname Spray?

2,851 people in the United States had the surname Spray in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,294 Americans. It ranked 11,122nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Spray?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Spray identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Spray getting more or less common?

More common. 2,816 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,851 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Spray

A surname, carried by 2,851 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spray is more common than 93.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,851 people named Spray in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,294 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,816.

#11,122

rank among US surnames

2,851

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #10,465)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,114	Loaiza	2,854	108,180
#11,116	Kalb	2,853	108,218
#11,118	Heitz	2,852	108,256
#11,122	Catanzaro	2,851	108,294
#11,127	Depina	2,849	108,370
#11,131	Arnone	2,848	108,408

Who is named Spray

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

93% of people named Spray identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spray

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

Questions

How common is the surname Spray?: 2,851 people in the United States had the surname Spray in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,294 Americans. It ranked 11,122nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spray?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Spray identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Spray getting more or less common?: More common. 2,816 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,851 in 2010, up 1.2%.