Sponberg Surname

868,551st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 312 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Sponberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sponberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1901:1,907,679123,720
Norway751:68,5649,650
Australia331:818,05251,601
Sweden91:1,094,08481,336
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Sponberg Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sponberg Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Sponberg occurs most in The United States. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sponberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sponberg is the 868,551st most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 23,357,519 people. Sponberg occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Sponberg live; 59 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Sponberg is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 190 people, or 1 in 1,907,679. In The United States Sponberg is primarily found in: Washington, where 22 percent reside, Minnesota, where 9 percent reside and Texas, where 9 percent reside. Besides The United States this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Norway, where 24 percent reside and Australia, where 11 percent reside.

Sponberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sponberg has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sponberg last name grew 826 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sponberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sponberg last name are 0.26000000000001% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.49% being registered with the party.

The amount Sponberg earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 14.12% less than the national average, earning 297,219 kr per year and in United States they earn 5.37% more than the national average, earning $45,467 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sponbergs947/
Spoonberg944/
Spunberg8841/
Spomberg8841/
Spanberg8818/
Sponburg886/
Sponburgh82315/
Shpanberg8216/
Spannberg829/
Szpunberg823/
Spanmberg821/
Spoumberg821/
Spanburg7578/
Spumberg7518/
Spanburgh7196/
Spaunburg7134/
Spahnborg710/
Spoutenburgh701/
Spaunburgh6710/
Spannburgh670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sponberg
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