How common is the surname Sprinkle?

6,265 people in the United States had the surname Sprinkle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,281 Americans. It ranked 5,549th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Sprinkle?

Annie Sprinkle, American sex educator and artist (born 1954).

Where is the surname Sprinkle most common?

Wikidata records people named Sprinkle in the United States.

Is the surname Sprinkle getting more or less common?

More common. 5,858 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,265 in 2010, up 6.9%.

The surname Sprinkle

A surname, carried by 6,265 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). Sprinkle is more common than 96.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,265 people named Sprinkle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,281 Americans. That is up 6.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,858.

#5,549

rank among US surnames

6,265

people in 2010

2.1

per 100,000 Americans

+6.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,461)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,543	Milan	6,268	49,257
#5,545	Doucet	6,267	49,265
#5,547	Barham	6,266	49,273
#5,549	Almazan	6,265	49,281
#5,551	Chilton	6,263	49,297

Who is named Sprinkle

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

91% of people named Sprinkle identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sprinkles

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Annie Sprinkle
American sex educator and artist (born 1954)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sprinkle

Sprinkle 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 Sprinkle?: 6,265 people in the United States had the surname Sprinkle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,281 Americans. It ranked 5,549th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sprinkle?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Sprinkle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Sprinkle?: Annie Sprinkle, American sex educator and artist (born 1954).
Where is the surname Sprinkle most common?: Wikidata records people named Sprinkle in the United States.
Is the surname Sprinkle getting more or less common?: More common. 5,858 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,265 in 2010, up 6.9%.