Surname Checker / Spence
How Common Is the Last Name Spence?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Spence today
40,003
Ranked #964 of 162,254 published surnames · 12.25 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 36,129 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
72.23%
Black
21.74%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.61%
Hispanic
2.73%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.