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The surname Spargo

A surname, carried by 1,136 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S162

Spargo: #22,608 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Spargo #22,608, 1,136 people Spargo: #22,608 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Spargo #22,608, 1,136 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spargo is more common than 86.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,136 people named Spargo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 271,783 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,089.

#22,608
rank among US surnames
1,136
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+4.3%
change since 2000 (was #22,143)

Who is named Spargo

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

94% of people named Spargo identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
  • Two or more races 1.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spargo

Spargo has the Soundex code S162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S162.

Questions

How common is the surname Spargo?
1,136 people in the United States had the surname Spargo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 271,783 Americans. It ranked 22,608th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spargo?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Spargo identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Spargo getting more or less common?
More common. 1,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,136 in 2010, up 4.3%.