Sprenzel Surname

1,011,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Sprenzel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sprenzel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2001:402,52737,103
United States371:9,796,187405,931
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Sprenzel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sprenzel is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sprenzel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sprenzel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,011,991st most frequent last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Sprenzel reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 200 people, or 1 in 402,527. In Germany it is most frequent in: Bavaria, where 87 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 6 percent live and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 6 percent live. Not including Germany this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 15 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.

Sprenzel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sprenzel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sprenzel surname increased 740 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sprenzel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sprenzel surname are 18.2% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 71.43% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sprenzel earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 1.39% less than the national average, earning R 234,324 per year and in United States they earn 25.65% less than the national average, earning $32,083 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Sprenzel
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis