Sprenger Surname

23,460th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,082 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Liechtenstein

Sprenger Surname Definition:

“Jumper” in Old Dutch.

Sprenger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany15,0631:5,345642
United States2,7911:129,86713,693
Switzerland1,2571:6,5341,033
Austria9231:9,2261,197
Netherlands8531:19,7973,118
Brazil5451:392,79714,995
Poland2131:178,44524,461
Liechtenstein1861:20637
Canada1651:223,30721,472
Italy1621:377,51043,418
Australia1411:191,45919,007
England1101:506,52832,143
Argentina1061:403,24030,872
France1001:664,22785,408
South Africa931:582,55644,854
Thailand661:1,070,278160,486
Denmark651:86,8428,367
Chile311:568,27313,994
Malaysia281:1,053,36546,873
Spain241:1,948,00252,403
Sweden241:410,28229,154
Belgium241:479,02747,365
Norway221:233,74025,571
New Zealand221:205,83320,770
Czechia131:817,95970,223
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Guatemala41:4,020,6677,726
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
China21:683,660,78330,601
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:1,160,73243,748
Scotland91:415,91311,811
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1151:436,68431,761

The alternate forms: Šprenger (5) are calculated separately.

Sprenger (45) may also be a first name.

Sprenger Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Jumper” in Old Dutch.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Sprenger Last Name Facts

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

Sprenger is found most frequently in Germany. It can appear in the variant forms: Šprenger. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sprenger? popularity and diffusion

It is the 23,460th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 315,724 people. The last name Sprenger is predominantly found in Europe, where 83 percent of Sprenger live; 80 percent live in Western Europe and 79 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,504,468th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 45 people.

The last name Sprenger is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is carried by 15,063 people, or 1 in 5,345. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 36 percent reside, Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent reside. Barring Germany Sprenger exists in 50 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent reside and Switzerland, where 5 percent reside.

Sprenger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sprenger has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Sprenger last name increased 2,427 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 524 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sprenger Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sprenger surname are 16.22% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 62.99% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sprenger earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 5.43% less than the national average, earning 327,278 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 10.68% less than the national average, earning R 212,268 per year; in United States they earn 8.43% more than the national average, earning $46,786 USD per year and in Canada they earn 20.82% more than the national average, earning $60,027 CAD per year.

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