How common is the surname Sparling?

2,532 people in the United States had the surname Sparling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,937 Americans. It ranked 12,279th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sparling?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sparling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sparling?

Chris Sparling, American screenwriter, director, and actor.

Where is the surname Sparling most common?

Wikidata records people named Sparling in the United States.

Is the surname Sparling getting more or less common?

More common. 2,426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,532 in 2010, up 4.4%.

The surname Sparling

A surname, carried by 2,532 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S164

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sparling is more common than 92.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,532 people named Sparling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 121,937 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,426.

#12,279

rank among US surnames

2,532

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,827)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,274	Vinyard	2,534	121,841
#12,276	Altizer	2,533	121,889
#12,279	Sparling	2,532	121,937
#12,285	Dolezal	2,531	121,986

Who is named Sparling

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

94% of people named Sparling identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sparlings

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Chris Sparling
American screenwriter, director, and actor, born 1977

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sparling

Sparling has the Soundex code S164, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S164.

Questions

How common is the surname Sparling?: 2,532 people in the United States had the surname Sparling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 121,937 Americans. It ranked 12,279th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sparling?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sparling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sparling?: Chris Sparling, American screenwriter, director, and actor.
Where is the surname Sparling most common?: Wikidata records people named Sparling in the United States.
Is the surname Sparling getting more or less common?: More common. 2,426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,532 in 2010, up 4.4%.