# Spring (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,757 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,053 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 35,257 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.1% (8,579 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /spɹɪŋ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Spring 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Spring in the United States, Belgium and Canada.

## People named Spring

- Sherwood C. Spring, American astronaut
- Justin Spring, American artistic gymnast
- Antoine Frédéric Spring, Belgian physician and botanist (1814-1872)
- Christopher Spring, Australian-born Canadian bobsledder

## Similar surnames

Spiering, Springer, Sprinkle, Springs, Springfield, Sebring, Sprenger, Springman, Springsteen, Sprunger, Spearman, Severino.

## 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.