How common is the surname Spring?

8,757 people in the United States had the surname Spring in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,257 Americans. It ranked 4,053rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Spring?

Sherwood C. Spring, American astronaut, followed by Justin Spring.

Where is the surname Spring most common?

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

How do you pronounce Spring?

Spring is /spɹɪŋ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Spring getting more or less common?

More common. 8,579 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,757 in 2010, up 2.1%.

The surname Spring

A surname, carried by 8,757 people in the United States.

Pronounced /spɹɪŋ/ 1 syllable Soundex S165

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spring is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,757 people named Spring in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,257 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,579.

#4,053

rank among US surnames

8,757

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,794)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,044	Showalter	8,786	35,141
#4,045	Robinette	8,784	35,149
#4,046	Meeker	8,781	35,161
#4,048	Cathey	8,779	35,169
#4,049	Craddock	8,772	35,197
#4,050	Kirsch	8,764	35,229
#4,051	Back	8,762	35,237

Who is named Spring

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

90% of people named Spring identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Springs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sherwood C. Spring
American astronaut, born 1944
Justin Spring
American artistic gymnast, born 1984
Antoine Frédéric Spring
Belgian physician and botanist (1814-1872)
Christopher Spring
Australian-born Canadian bobsledder, born 1984

Notable Springs come mostly from the United States (2), Belgium (1) and Canada (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spring

Spring has the Soundex code S165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S165.

Questions

How common is the surname Spring?: 8,757 people in the United States had the surname Spring in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,257 Americans. It ranked 4,053rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spring?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Spring identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Spring?: Sherwood C. Spring, American astronaut, followed by Justin Spring.
Where is the surname Spring most common?: Wikidata records people named Spring in the United States, Belgium and Canada.
How do you pronounce Spring?: Spring is /spɹɪŋ/, one syllable.
Is the surname Spring getting more or less common?: More common. 8,579 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,757 in 2010, up 2.1%.