Spies surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Spies surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,508 people carried this name — #9,279 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 84,000 people counted. That is down 2% from 3,570 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 379 people named Spies 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 Santa Fe.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Santa Fe 255
Buenos Aires Province 63
Córdoba 24
Chaco 14
Misiones 13
City of Buenos Aires 10

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 231 people named Spies.

30 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Moselle.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 30
Moselle 39
Paris 34
Bas-Rhin 33
Aube 11
Meurthe-et-Moselle 10
Essonne 8
Haut-Rhin 8
Meuse 8

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

162 people named Spies live in Switzerland.

They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Basel-Landschaft.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Basel-Landschaft 37
Jura 37
Zurich 25
Solothurn 20
Bern 12
Aargau 7
Lucerne 4
Basel-Stadt 4

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 44 people named Spies live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Antwerp 19
Luxembourg Province 19
Walloon Brabant 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Spies in American newspapers,
1887.

Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Spies
Daily Kennebec Journal 1887-11-12
Newspaper page from Helena Weekly Herald carrying the name Spies
Helena Weekly Herald 1887-11-17
Newspaper page from People And Patriot carrying the name Spies
People And Patriot 1887-11-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 738,120 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Spies,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johann Karl Spiess
    Johann Karl Spiess 1663–1729 · physician
  • Gustav Spies d. 1910 · physician
  • Magdalena Spies d. 1570
  • Alfred Spies d. 1980 · chemist
  • Georg Spies 1480–1549 · writer
  • Johann Spies 1540–1623 · printer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Spies.

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