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The Spina surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,453 people carried this name — #7,481 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,200 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,314 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 2,297 people named Spina 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,413
City of Buenos Aires 368
Santa Fe 172
Córdoba 145
Mendoza 79
Río Negro 30
Chubut 24
San Juan 24

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

356 people named Spina live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Aargau 65
Vaud 65
Zurich 55
Ticino 42
Bern 15
Fribourg 14
St. Gallen 13
Valais 12

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 242 people named Spina.

Most of them — 166 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 27 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 166
Bouches-du-Rhône 11
Puy-de-Dôme 8
Seine-Saint-Denis 6
Alpes-Maritimes 6
Var 5
Essonne 4
Haute-Savoie 4
Corsica 4

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 51 people named Spina 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 Liège.

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

Where they live today

Liège 26
Hainaut 25

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

In print

Spina in American newspapers,
1897–1939.

Newspaper page from The Dalles Daily Chronicle carrying the name Spina
The Dalles Daily Chronicle 1897-07-01
Newspaper page from Minnesotské Noviny carrying the name Spina
Minnesotské Noviny 1911-11-23
Newspaper page from The Tacoma Times carrying the name Spina
The Tacoma Times 1939-03-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,213 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Spina,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Giuseppe Spina
    Giuseppe Spina 1756–1828 · Catholic priest
  • Arnold Spina
    Arnold Spina 1850–1918 · physician
  • Franz Spina
    Franz Spina 1868–1938 · writer
  • Sergio Spina
    Sergio Spina 1928–2017 · screenwriter
  • Domenicantonio Spina Diana
    Domenicantonio Spina Diana 1942– · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 75 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Spina.

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