How common is the surname Spengler?

2,178 people in the United States had the surname Spengler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,756 Americans. It ranked 13,871st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Spengler?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Spengler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Spengler?

Jaime Spengler, Brazilian Roman-Catholic priest, Franciscan Cardinal; 7th Archbishop of Porto Alegre.

Where is the surname Spengler most common?

Wikidata records people named Spengler in Brazil.

Is the surname Spengler getting more or less common?

More common. 2,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,178 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Spengler

A German surname, carried by 2,178 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). Spengler is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Spengler.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,178 people named Spengler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,756 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,089.

#13,871

rank among US surnames

2,178

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #13,372)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,862	Driggs	2,180	141,626
#13,867	Flock	2,179	141,691
#13,871	Seman	2,178	141,756
#13,874	Hymes	2,177	141,822

Who is named Spengler

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

94% of people named Spengler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spenglers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jaime Spengler
Brazilian Roman-Catholic priest, Franciscan Cardinal; 7th Archbishop of Porto Alegre, born 1960

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spengler

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Spengler come from?: Borrowed from German Spengler.
How common is the surname Spengler?: 2,178 people in the United States had the surname Spengler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,756 Americans. It ranked 13,871st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spengler?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Spengler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Spengler?: Jaime Spengler, Brazilian Roman-Catholic priest, Franciscan Cardinal; 7th Archbishop of Porto Alegre.
Where is the surname Spengler most common?: Wikidata records people named Spengler in Brazil.
Is the surname Spengler getting more or less common?: More common. 2,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,178 in 2010, up 4.3%.