Explore the Family Name Sparlin

The meaning of Sparlin

South German (Spärlin): diminutive of Spar.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Sparlin has seen a decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Sparlin was ranked as the 39,176th most popular surname, but by 2010 it had slipped to 43,811th place, marking an 11.83% decrease in its rank. The actual count of people with this surname also decreased from 529 in 2000 to 492 in 2010, representing a drop of 6.99%. Consequently, the proportion of individuals named Sparlin per 100,000 people fell by 15%, from 0.2 in 2000 to 0.17 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#39,176	#43,811	-11.83%
Count	529	492	-6.99%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.17	-15%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sparlin

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Sparlin surname identify as White, with this group growing slightly from 91.87% in 2000 to 92.48% in 2010. There was also a notable increase in the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic, rising by 49.47% from 0.95% in 2000 to 1.42% in 2010. Those identifying as having two or more ethnicities also grew, moving up from 2.84% to 3.25%, marking a 14.44% increase. However, there was a significant decrease of 42.99% in the number of Sparlins who identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native, from 3.21% in 2000 to 1.83% in 2010. The data for Asian/Pacific Islander and Black remained the same over the decade, with no recorded counts of Sparlins identifying with these ethnic identities.

	2000	2010	Change
White	91.87%	92.48%	0.66%
Two or More Races	2.84%	3.25%	14.44%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	3.21%	1.83%	-42.99%
Hispanic	0.95%	1.42%	49.47%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%