# Sprague (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 22,610 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,584 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,655 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (22,283 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sprague 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sprague in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Sprague

- Frank J. Sprague, American naval officer and railroad pioneer (1857-1934)
- Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, American patron of music (1864–1953)
- Charles A. Sprague, American politician (1887-1969)
- Thomas Archibald Sprague, British botanist (1877-1958)
- Isaac Sprague, American artist (1811-1895)

## Similar surnames

Spragg, Spargo, Sprouse, Spurgeon, Spraggins, Sparks, Spears, Severson, Sparkman, Spires, Spriggs, Shivers.

## 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.