How common is the surname Springs?

3,911 people in the United States had the surname Springs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,943 Americans. It ranked 8,446th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Springs getting more or less common?

More common. 3,667 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,911 in 2010, up 6.7%.

The surname Springs

A surname, carried by 3,911 people in the United States.

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). Springs is more common than 94.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,911 people named Springs in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 78,943 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,667.

#8,446

rank among US surnames

3,911

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+6.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,307)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,438	Eddins	3,914	78,882
#8,439	Esteves	3,913	78,903
#8,443	Bergquist	3,912	78,923
#8,446	Springs	3,911	78,943
#8,449	Morano	3,910	78,963
#8,453	Pollak	3,908	79,003

Who is named Springs

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

47% of people named Springs identified as Black (not Hispanic), 45% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.2% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 47%
White (not Hispanic) 45%
Two or more races 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Springs

Springs 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 Springs?: 3,911 people in the United States had the surname Springs in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 78,943 Americans. It ranked 8,446th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Springs?: In the 2010 Census, 47% of people named Springs identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 45% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Springs getting more or less common?: More common. 3,667 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,911 in 2010, up 6.7%.