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
Sponger is found in Austria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Šponger. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sponger? popularity and diffusion
Sponger is the 5,057,639th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Sponger live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.
Sponger is most widely held in Austria, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 655,033. In Austria Sponger is most numerous in: Vienna, where 100 percent live. Beside Austria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 7 percent live.
Sponger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sponger has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 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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