How common is the surname Sparkman?

7,607 people in the United States had the surname Sparkman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,587 Americans. It ranked 4,661st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sparkman?

John Sparkman, American jurist and politician (1899–1985).

Where is the surname Sparkman most common?

Wikidata records people named Sparkman in the United States.

Is the surname Sparkman getting more or less common?

More common. 7,418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,607 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Sparkman

A surname, carried by 7,607 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S162

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sparkman is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,607 people named Sparkman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,587 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,418.

#4,661

rank among US surnames

7,607

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #4,424)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,652	Mather	7,621	40,512
#4,654	Halsey	7,619	40,523
#4,656	Borja	7,618	40,528
#4,657	Sparrow	7,614	40,550
#4,658	Martini	7,612	40,560
#4,659	McEwen	7,610	40,571
#4,660	Heflin	7,609	40,576

Who is named Sparkman

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

79% of people named Sparkman identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sparkmans

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Sparkman
American jurist and politician (1899–1985)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sparkman

Sparkman 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 Sparkman?: 7,607 people in the United States had the surname Sparkman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,587 Americans. It ranked 4,661st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sparkman?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Sparkman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sparkman?: John Sparkman, American jurist and politician (1899–1985).
Where is the surname Sparkman most common?: Wikidata records people named Sparkman in the United States.
Is the surname Sparkman getting more or less common?: More common. 7,418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,607 in 2010, up 2.5%.