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    The surname Spurlock

    A surname, carried by 12,141 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S164

    Spurlock: #2,957 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Spurlock #2,957, 12,141 people Spurlock: #2,957 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Spurlock #2,957, 12,141 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spurlock is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,141 people named Spurlock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,430 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,627.

    #2,957
    rank among US surnames
    12,141
    people in 2010
    4.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #2,825)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,948Gao12,17225,365
    #2,949Lantz12,16925,371
    #2,950Cornwell12,16825,374
    #2,952Nye12,16725,376
    #2,953Reis12,16525,380
    #2,954Birch12,16125,388
    #2,955Milner12,15325,405

    Who is named Spurlock

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

    82% of people named Spurlock identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Spurlocks

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Morgan Spurlock
      American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer (1970-2024)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Spurlock

    Spurlock 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 Spurlock?
    12,141 people in the United States had the surname Spurlock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,430 Americans. It ranked 2,957th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Spurlock?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Spurlock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Spurlock?
    Morgan Spurlock, American filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer (1970-2024).
    Where is the surname Spurlock most common?
    Wikidata records people named Spurlock in the United States.
    Is the surname Spurlock getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,627 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,141 in 2010, up 4.4%.