How common is the surname Sprenger?

2,207 people in the United States had the surname Sprenger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,894 Americans. It ranked 13,713th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sprenger?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sprenger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sprenger?

Aloys Sprenger, Austrian orientalist (1813–1893), followed by Christian Sprenger.

Where is the surname Sprenger most common?

Wikidata records people named Sprenger in Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Sprenger getting more or less common?

More common. 1,993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,207 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Sprenger

A surname, carried by 2,207 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S165

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sprenger is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,207 people named Sprenger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,894 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,993.

#13,713

rank among US surnames

2,207

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+10.7%

change since 2000 (was #13,896)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,707	Overturf	2,208	139,830
#13,713	Sprenger	2,207	139,894
#13,721	Fleischmann	2,206	139,957

Who is named Sprenger

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

96% of people named Sprenger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sprengers

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Aloys Sprenger
Austrian orientalist (1813–1893)
Christian Sprenger
Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist, world champion, former world record-holder, born 1985
Nicholas Sprenger
Australian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist, born 1985

Notable Sprengers come mostly from Australia (2) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sprenger

Sprenger has the Soundex code S165, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S165.

Questions

How common is the surname Sprenger?: 2,207 people in the United States had the surname Sprenger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,894 Americans. It ranked 13,713th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sprenger?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Sprenger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sprenger?: Aloys Sprenger, Austrian orientalist (1813–1893), followed by Christian Sprenger.
Where is the surname Sprenger most common?: Wikidata records people named Sprenger in Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Is the surname Sprenger getting more or less common?: More common. 1,993 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,207 in 2010, up 11%.