How common is the surname Spangenberg?

1,797 people in the United States had the surname Spangenberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,812 Americans. It ranked 16,108th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Spangenberg?

Hugo Spangenberg, Argentine chess player.

Where is the surname Spangenberg most common?

Wikidata records people named Spangenberg in Argentina.

Is the surname Spangenberg getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,833 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,797 in 2010, down 2.0%.

The surname Spangenberg

A surname, carried by 1,797 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S152

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spangenberg is more common than 90.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,797 people named Spangenberg in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 171,812 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,833.

#16,108

rank among US surnames

1,797

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2%

change since 2000 (was #14,838)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,100	Coughlan	1,798	171,716
#16,108	Parshall	1,797	171,812

Who is named Spangenberg

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Spangenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spangenbergs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hugo Spangenberg
Argentine chess player, born 1975

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spangenberg

Spangenberg has the Soundex code S152, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S152.

Questions

How common is the surname Spangenberg?: 1,797 people in the United States had the surname Spangenberg in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 171,812 Americans. It ranked 16,108th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spangenberg?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Spangenberg identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Spangenberg?: Hugo Spangenberg, Argentine chess player.
Where is the surname Spangenberg most common?: Wikidata records people named Spangenberg in Argentina.
Is the surname Spangenberg getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,833 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,797 in 2010, down 2.0%.