Explore the Family Name Sparer

The meaning of Sparer

Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a frugal person, from German sparen ‘to save, to economize’ + the agent suffix -er. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Meyer, Gerson.

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How common is the last name Sparer in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Sparer has seen a decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Sparer was ranked as the 100,194th most popular surname in the U.S., but it fell to 120,901 in 2010, indicating a change of -20.67 percent. The count of people with this surname also declined from 167 in 2000 to 143 in 2010, marking a decrease of -14.37 percent. Consequently, the proportion per 100,000 people also dropped by -16.67 percent, moving from 0.06 in 2000 to 0.05 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#100,194	#120,901	-20.67%
Count	167	143	-14.37%
Proportion per 100k	0.06	0.05	-16.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sparer

Regarding ethnic identity, the census data shows that the majority of individuals with the surname Sparer identify as White. In 2000, approximately 97.01 percent of people named Sparer identified as White, whilst this figure slightly decreased to 94.41 percent in 2010. As for other ethnic identities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native, no significant representation was reported for either year. It's important to note that any suppressed data (marked with an (S)) is done so to ensure privacy and doesn't indicate specific individual identification. The ethnicity data, like the popularity data, is based on the Decennial U.S. Census.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.01%	94.41%	-2.68%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%