How common is the surname Spurrier?

1,701 people in the United States had the surname Spurrier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,508 Americans. It ranked 16,789th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Spurrier?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Spurrier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Spurrier getting more or less common?

More common. 1,699 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,701 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Spurrier

An occupational surname, carried by 1,701 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S166

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spurrier is more common than 89.7% of them.

Origin

English surname, from the noun spurrier (“maker of spurs”).

Spurrier is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,701 people named Spurrier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,508 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,699.

#16,789

rank among US surnames

1,701

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #15,765)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,781	Dechant	1,702	181,402
#16,789	Piggott	1,701	181,508
#16,798	Kuss	1,700	181,615

Who is named Spurrier

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

95% of people named Spurrier identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

Where does the surname Spurrier come from?: English surname, from the noun spurrier (“maker of spurs”).
How common is the surname Spurrier?: 1,701 people in the United States had the surname Spurrier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,508 Americans. It ranked 16,789th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spurrier?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Spurrier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Spurrier?: Spurrier is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Spurrier getting more or less common?: More common. 1,699 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,701 in 2010, up 0.1%.