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The SPOOR surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 1,365 18619 0.001 5
United States (1880 census) 652 7805 0.001 13
Change since 1880 +713 -10814 0 -8
Other Countries
Australia 116 12470 0.001 7
United Kingdom 391 10602 0.001 9
Top States for SPOOR by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 265 6003 0.001 14
Michigan 127 8017 0.001 13
Texas 105 12795 0.001 5
California 96 19948 0.000 3
Indiana 92 6580 0.002 15
Top States for SPOOR by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Indiana 92 6580 0.002 15
New York 265 6003 0.001 14
Michigan 127 8017 0.001 13
Nevada 25 7731 0.001 13
North Dakota 8 11461 0.001 12

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called SPOOR live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called SPOOR represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called SPOOR in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a SPOOR by picking someone at random in Indiana than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of SPOOR

Sorry, we don't have any origin and classification information for the SPOOR surname.

Ethnic distribution of SPOOR in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 18 1.32
White (Hispanic) 13 0.95
Asian/Pacific 11 0.81
White (Caucasian) 1,320 96.7
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the SPOOR surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

SPOOR is a genuine surname, but it's an uncommon one. Did you possibly mean one of these instead?

Meaning of SPOOR in historical publications

(origin: Dutch.) A spur; that which excites; a locality, as the spur of a mountain; whatever projects; the track or foot-prints of beasts.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.


Similar names to SPOOR

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as SPOOR.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for SPOOR

The following words are slight variants of SPOOR that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.