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    The surname Sprott

    An English place surname, carried by 682 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S163

    Sprott: #33,450 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Sprott #33,450, 682 people Sprott: #33,450 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Sprott #33,450, 682 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sprott is more common than 79.4% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    * As an English surname, from Old English Sprot, possibly from the root of sprout. * As a German surname, from the placename Sprotte.

    Sprott is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 682 people named Sprott in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 452,706 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 674.

    #33,450
    rank among US surnames
    682
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.2%
    change since 2000 (was #32,227)

    Who is named Sprott

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

    77% of people named Sprott identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Sprott

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Sprott come from?
    * As an English surname, from Old English Sprot, possibly from the root of sprout. * As a German surname, from the placename Sprotte.
    How common is the surname Sprott?
    682 people in the United States had the surname Sprott in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 452,706 Americans. It ranked 33,450th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Sprott?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Sprott identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Sprott?
    Sprott is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Sprott getting more or less common?
    More common. 674 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 682 in 2010, up 1.2%.