The surname Spurr
A surname, carried by 1,509 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex S160
Origin
English surname, from the noun spur. Compare Spurrier, Spoor.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,509 people named Spurr in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,603 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,552.
Who is named Spurr
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Spurr identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Spurr has the Soundex code S160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S160.
Questions
- Where does the surname Spurr come from?
- English surname, from the noun spur. Compare Spurrier, Spoor.
- How common is the surname Spurr?
- 1,509 people in the United States had the surname Spurr in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,603 Americans. It ranked 18,354th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Spurr?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Spurr identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Spurr getting more or less common?
- Less common. 1,552 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,509 in 2010, down 2.8%.