Sprinkle Surname

60,830th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,273 people bear this surname

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

Sprinkle Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sprinkle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,0611:44,9655,497
Canada941:391,97434,739
South Africa851:637,38547,411
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
England21:27,859,030389,889
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Somalia11:13,452,0619,224
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Myanmar11:51,937,9852,166
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,3201:38,0444,512

Sprinkle (37) may also be a first name.

Sprinkle Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sprinkle is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Sprinkle click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sprinkle? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sprinkle is the 60,830th most frequently occurring family name globally, borne by around 1 in 880,883 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 83 percent of Sprinkle reside; 83 percent reside in North America and 83 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Sprinkle is also the 1,688,769th most frequently held first name globally, held by 37 people.

The surname is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 8,061 people, or 1 in 44,965. In The United States Sprinkle is primarily found in: North Carolina, where 17 percent live, Indiana, where 7 percent live and Alabama, where 6 percent live. Aside from The United States Sprinkle occurs in 24 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Sprinkle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sprinkle has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sprinkle surname grew 611 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sprinkle Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Sprinkle last name are 23.36% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.13% being registered with the political party.

The amount Sprinkle earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 22.57% more than the national average, earning R 291,276 per year; in United States they earn 4.89% less than the national average, earning $41,038 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.76% less than the national average, earning $47,817 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Springkle946/
Sprinckle942/
Sprienkle941/
Sprinklee941/
Sprinklie941/
Sprinkele941/
Sprinkley940/
Sprenkle881,503/
Sprnkles880/
Sprenkles821/
Sprenkler821/
Spremkle751/

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Sprinkle Reference & Research

Sprenkel DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Sprenkel FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Sprinkle
  • 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