How common is the surname Spratt?

4,674 people in the United States had the surname Spratt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,056 Americans. It ranked 7,157th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Spratt?

Amanda Spratt, Australian cyclist, followed by John Spratt.

Where is the surname Spratt most common?

Wikidata records people named Spratt in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Spratt getting more or less common?

More common. 4,502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,674 in 2010, up 3.8%.

The surname Spratt

A surname, carried by 4,674 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S163

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spratt is more common than 95.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,674 people named Spratt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,056 Americans. That is up 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,502.

#7,157

rank among US surnames

4,674

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,882)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,151	Barta	4,678	65,999
#7,153	Bang	4,676	66,028
#7,155	Sain	4,675	66,042
#7,157	Enciso	4,674	66,056
#7,160	Nasser	4,673	66,070
#7,162	Marcial	4,670	66,113

Who is named Spratt

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

74% of people named Spratt identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spratts

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Amanda Spratt
Australian cyclist, born 1987
John Spratt
American politician (1942–2024)
Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt
British admiral, hydrographer and geologist (1811–1888)

Notable Spratts come mostly from Australia (1), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spratt

Spratt has the Soundex code S163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S163.

Questions

How common is the surname Spratt?: 4,674 people in the United States had the surname Spratt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,056 Americans. It ranked 7,157th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spratt?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Spratt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Spratt?: Amanda Spratt, Australian cyclist, followed by John Spratt.
Where is the surname Spratt most common?: Wikidata records people named Spratt in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Spratt getting more or less common?: More common. 4,502 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,674 in 2010, up 3.8%.