Spires

See also: spires and 'spires

English

Etymology

Patronymic from Spire.

Proper noun

Spires (plural Spireses)

A surname.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Spires is the 4672^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7592 individuals. Spires is most common among White (83.98%) and Black/African American (11.53%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Spires”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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