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    The surname Sponaugle

    A surname, carried by 1,129 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S152

    Sponaugle: #22,707 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Sponaugle #22,707, 1,129 people Sponaugle: #22,707 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Sponaugle #22,707, 1,129 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sponaugle is more common than 86% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,129 people named Sponaugle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 273,468 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,108.

    #22,707
    rank among US surnames
    1,129
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.9%
    change since 2000 (was #21,866)

    Who is named Sponaugle

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

    96% of people named Sponaugle identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sponaugle

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Sponaugle?
    1,129 people in the United States had the surname Sponaugle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 273,468 Americans. It ranked 22,707th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sponaugle?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sponaugle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Sponaugle getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,108 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,129 in 2010, up 1.9%.