Spraker Surname

298,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,273 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Spraker Surname User-submission:

The original spelling is Sprecher, but when the first Sprecher moved from Germany to the US, Ellis Island misspelled it and it became Spraker. Sprecher or Spraker. It is of German and Swiss descent and has been translated to mean 'speaker'.

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Spraker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2491:290,19926,939
Israel201:427,88233,464
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3171:158,41914,515

Spraker Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The original spelling is Sprecher, but when the first Sprecher moved from Germany to the US, Ellis Island misspelled it and it became Spraker. Sprecher or Spraker. It is of German and Swiss descent and has been translated to mean 'speaker'.

The first recorded Spraker to migrate to the US was Johann Christoph Spraker Sr. He had 9 children, settled in Rowan County, North Carolina. His eldest son, Johann Christoph Spraker Jr. moved to Wytheville, Virginia and made his roots there. My great grandfather moved to Baltimore, Maryland to work for Bethlehem Steel. As far as I know, there are Sprakers as far north as Maine, as far south as Florida - mostly along the east coast.

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Spraker Last Name Facts

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

The last name Spraker occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spraker? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 298,939th most frequently occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,724,702 people. The last name Spraker occurs mostly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Spraker live; 84 percent live in North America and 84 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 1,249 people, or 1 in 290,199. In The United States Spraker is mostly concentrated in: Virginia, where 25 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 8 percent reside. Aside from The United States Spraker occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 2 percent reside and The Dominican Republic, where 0 percent reside.

Spraker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Spraker has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Spraker surname expanded 394 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Spraker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Spraker last name are 18.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.33% being registered with the political party.

Spraker earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.86% more than the national average, earning $43,520 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spracker937/
Spreaker933/
Spreacker88105/
Sproker861/
Spreker860/
Sprecker80292/
Spracher80109/
Sprajcer8014/
Sprekher803/
Shprekher7524/
Spreacher750/
Šproker712/
Sphreacher710/
Spreicer6759/
Šprajcer6757/
Sprájcer672/
Sprocher670/
Spreicher635/
Szpreycer631/

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