The Spahn surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,235 people carried this name — #13,569 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 131,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 2,200 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 740 people named Spahn live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Entre Ríos.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
236 people named Spahn live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 86 people named Spahn.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Spahn in American newspapers,
1902–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,342 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Spahn,
with a public archive behind them.
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Peter Spahn 1846–1925 · judge -
Martin Spahn 1875–1945 · politician -
Christian Spahn 1635–1702 · composer
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Andreas Spahn 1803–1881 · winegrower
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Johannes Spahn 1846–1925 · politician
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Carl Spahn 1863–1943 · lawyer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Spahn.
- Spadafora 1,300 · U.S. census
- Spadaro 1,765 · U.S. census
- Spadoni 672 · U.S. census
- Spaeth 3,412 · U.S. census
- Spagnoli 767 · U.S. census
- Spagnolo 977 · U.S. census
- Spang 1,570 · U.S. census
- Spanier 1,253 · U.S. census
- Spaniol 448 · U.S. census
- Spannagel 266 · U.S. census
- Spano 4,561 · U.S. census
- Sparagna 119 · U.S. census
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