# Sperber (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sperber/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,694 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,848 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 182,258 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.7% (1,650 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sperber in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sperber in the United States and Austria–Hungary.

## People named Sperber

- Wendie Jo Sperber, American actress (1958–2005)
- Manès Sperber, Austrian-French novelist, essayist and psychologist (1905–1984)

## Similar surnames

Sprayberry.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.