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    The surname Spraggins

    A surname, carried by 2,521 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S162

    Spraggins: #12,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Spraggins #12,333, 2,521 people Spraggins: #12,333 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Spraggins #12,333, 2,521 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spraggins is more common than 92.4% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,521 people named Spraggins in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 122,469 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,349.

    #12,333
    rank among US surnames
    2,521
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,162)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,328Reason2,522122,421
    #12,333Crochet2,521122,469
    #12,339Birge2,520122,518

    Who is named Spraggins

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

    51% of people named Spraggins identified as Black (not Hispanic), 43% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 51%
    • White (not Hispanic) 43%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Spraggins

    Spraggins has the Soundex code S162, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S162.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Spraggins?
    2,521 people in the United States had the surname Spraggins in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 122,469 Americans. It ranked 12,333rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Spraggins?
    In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Spraggins identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 43% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Spraggins getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,349 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,521 in 2010, up 7.3%.