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The surname Spruill

A surname, carried by 7,683 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S164

Spruill: #4,616 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Spruill #4,616, 7,683 people Spruill: #4,616 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Spruill #4,616, 7,683 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spruill is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,683 people named Spruill in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,186 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,184.

#4,616
rank among US surnames
7,683
people in 2010
2.6
per 100,000 Americans
+6.9%
change since 2000 (was #4,534)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#4,613Shores7,69140,144
#4,614Yuen7,68840,159
#4,615Fontana7,68540,175
#4,616Spruill7,68340,186

Who is named Spruill

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

55% of people named Spruill identified as Black (not Hispanic), 40% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

  • Black (not Hispanic) 55%
  • White (not Hispanic) 40%
  • Two or more races 2.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Spruills

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Daffney
    American professional wrestler, wrestling manager and actress (1975-2021)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spruill

Spruill has the Soundex code S164, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S164.

Questions

How common is the surname Spruill?
7,683 people in the United States had the surname Spruill in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,186 Americans. It ranked 4,616th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spruill?
In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Spruill identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 40% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Spruill?
Daffney, American professional wrestler, wrestling manager and actress (1975-2021).
Where is the surname Spruill most common?
Wikidata records people named Spruill in the United States.
Is the surname Spruill getting more or less common?
More common. 7,184 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,683 in 2010, up 6.9%.