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    The surname Sparrow

    An English surname, carried by 7,614 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S160

    Sparrow: #4,657 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sparrow #4,657, 7,614 people Sparrow: #4,657 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sparrow #4,657, 7,614 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sparrow is more common than 97.1% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Middle English Sparow.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,614 people named Sparrow in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,550 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,263.

    #4,657
    rank among US surnames
    7,614
    people in 2010
    2.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.8%
    change since 2000 (was #4,496)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,652Mather7,62140,512
    #4,654Halsey7,61940,523
    #4,656Borja7,61840,528
    #4,657Sparrow7,61440,550

    Who is named Sparrow

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

    69% of people named Sparrow identified as white (not Hispanic), 25% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 69%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 25%
    • Two or more races 2.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Sparrows

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Rory Sparrow
      American basketball player, born 1958

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sparrow

    Sparrow has the Soundex code S160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S160.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sparrow come from?
    From Middle English Sparow.
    How common is the surname Sparrow?
    7,614 people in the United States had the surname Sparrow in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,550 Americans. It ranked 4,657th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sparrow?
    In the 2010 Census, 69% of people named Sparrow identified as white (not Hispanic), and 25% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Sparrow?
    Rory Sparrow, American basketball player.
    Where is the surname Sparrow most common?
    Wikidata records people named Sparrow in the United States.
    Is the surname Sparrow getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,263 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,614 in 2010, up 4.8%.