Sponger Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Sponger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
The alternate forms: Šponger (1) are calculated separately.
Sponger Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sponger Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sponger has its highest incidence in Austria. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Šponger. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sponger? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sponger is the 5,057,639th most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Sponger live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The last name Sponger is most frequently used in Austria, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 655,033. In Austria it is most prevalent in: Vienna, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Austria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
Sponger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Sponger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sponger surname decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Sponger
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