How common is the surname Sprague?

22,610 people in the United States had the surname Sprague in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,655 Americans. It ranked 1,584th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sprague?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sprague identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sprague?

Frank J. Sprague, American naval officer and railroad pioneer (1857-1934), followed by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge.

Where is the surname Sprague most common?

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

Is the surname Sprague getting more or less common?

More common. 22,283 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,610 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Sprague

A surname, carried by 22,610 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S162

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sprague is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 22,610 people named Sprague in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,655 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 22,283.

#1,584

rank among US surnames

22,610

people in 2010

7.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,466)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,575	Whaley	22,833	13,522
#1,576	Esposito	22,789	13,548
#1,577	Neff	22,764	13,563
#1,578	Mead	22,727	13,585
#1,579	Casillas	22,710	13,595
#1,580	Lilly	22,662	13,624
#1,581	Biggs	22,641	13,637

Who is named Sprague

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

94% of people named Sprague identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spragues

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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)

Notable Spragues come mostly from the United States (4) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Sprague

Sprague 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 Sprague?: 22,610 people in the United States had the surname Sprague in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,655 Americans. It ranked 1,584th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sprague?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Sprague identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sprague?: Frank J. Sprague, American naval officer and railroad pioneer (1857-1934), followed by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge.
Where is the surname Sprague most common?: Wikidata records people named Sprague in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Sprague getting more or less common?: More common. 22,283 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 22,610 in 2010, up 1.5%.