How common is the surname Spurgeon?

7,047 people in the United States had the surname Spurgeon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,812 Americans. It ranked 4,981st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Spurgeon getting more or less common?

More common. 6,909 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,047 in 2010, up 2.0%.

Is Spurgeon also a first name?

Yes. Spurgeon is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Spurgeon

A surname, carried by 7,047 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S162

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spurgeon is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,047 people named Spurgeon in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,812 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,909.

#4,981

rank among US surnames

7,047

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #4,688)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,977	Tobar	7,056	43,756
#4,979	Kuhns	7,055	43,763
#4,980	Damian	7,048	43,806
#4,981	Spurgeon	7,047	43,812

Who is named Spurgeon

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

88% of people named Spurgeon identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spurgeon

Spurgeon has the Soundex code S162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S162.

Questions

How common is the surname Spurgeon?: 7,047 people in the United States had the surname Spurgeon in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,812 Americans. It ranked 4,981st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spurgeon?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Spurgeon identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Spurgeon getting more or less common?: More common. 6,909 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,047 in 2010, up 2.0%.
Is Spurgeon also a first name?: Yes. Spurgeon is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.