How common is the surname Sperling?

4,224 people in the United States had the surname Sperling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,093 Americans. It ranked 7,841st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sperling?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sperling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sperling?

Elliot Sperling, American historian (1951–2017).

Where is the surname Sperling most common?

Wikidata records people named Sperling in the United States.

Is the surname Sperling getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,274 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,224 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Sperling

A surname, carried by 4,224 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). Sperling is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,224 people named Sperling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,093 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,274.

#7,841

rank among US surnames

4,224

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #7,204)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,835	Gambill	4,227	73,041
#7,837	Percy	4,226	73,059
#7,838	Dutra	4,225	73,076
#7,841	Sperling	4,224	73,093
#7,842	Paden	4,223	73,110
#7,843	Look	4,222	73,128
#7,844	Glasser	4,221	73,145

Who is named Sperling

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

92% of people named Sperling identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sperlings

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elliot Sperling
American historian (1951–2017)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sperling

Sperling 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 Sperling?: 4,224 people in the United States had the surname Sperling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,093 Americans. It ranked 7,841st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sperling?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Sperling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sperling?: Elliot Sperling, American historian (1951–2017).
Where is the surname Sperling most common?: Wikidata records people named Sperling in the United States.
Is the surname Sperling getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,274 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,224 in 2010, down 1.2%.