Sprenger Surname
Approximately 23,082 people bear this surname
Sprenger Surname Definition:
“Jumper” in Old Dutch.
Sprenger Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 15,063 | 1:5,345 | 642 |
| United States | 2,791 | 1:129,867 | 13,693 |
| Switzerland | 1,257 | 1:6,534 | 1,033 |
| Austria | 923 | 1:9,226 | 1,197 |
| Netherlands | 853 | 1:19,797 | 3,118 |
| Brazil | 545 | 1:392,797 | 14,995 |
| Poland | 213 | 1:178,445 | 24,461 |
| Liechtenstein | 186 | 1:206 | 37 |
| Canada | 165 | 1:223,307 | 21,472 |
| Italy | 162 | 1:377,510 | 43,418 |
| Australia | 141 | 1:191,459 | 19,007 |
| England | 110 | 1:506,528 | 32,143 |
| Argentina | 106 | 1:403,240 | 30,872 |
| France | 100 | 1:664,227 | 85,408 |
| South Africa | 93 | 1:582,556 | 44,854 |
| Thailand | 66 | 1:1,070,278 | 160,486 |
| Denmark | 65 | 1:86,842 | 8,367 |
| Chile | 31 | 1:568,273 | 13,994 |
| Malaysia | 28 | 1:1,053,365 | 46,873 |
| Spain | 24 | 1:1,948,002 | 52,403 |
| Sweden | 24 | 1:410,282 | 29,154 |
| Belgium | 24 | 1:479,027 | 47,365 |
| Norway | 22 | 1:233,740 | 25,571 |
| New Zealand | 22 | 1:205,833 | 20,770 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Guatemala | 4 | 1:4,020,667 | 7,726 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 1:1,778,817 | 104,392 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 21 | 1:1,160,732 | 43,748 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:415,913 | 11,811 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 115 | 1:436,684 | 31,761 |
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.
Sprenger Demographics
Average Male Sprenger Height
179.71 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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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Footnotes
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