Explore the Family Name Sprung

The meaning of Sprung

1. German: from Middle High German sprunc ‘spring’, a topographic name for someone who lived by a spring or well (see also Spring 3, Sprang). 2. Dutch: variant of Sprong. 3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname or artificial name from German Sprung ‘jump, leap, crack’. Some characteristic forenames: German Achim, Gerhard.

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

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the Sprung surname has seen a slight decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 25,991 in popularity with a total count of 887 individuals with this last name. However, by 2010, its rank had dropped to 28,311 with 844 individuals carrying the surname - a decrease of 4.85%. The proportion per 100k also saw a decline from 0.33 in 2000 to 0.29 in 2010, which represents a change of -12.12%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#25,991	#28,311	-8.93%
Count	887	844	-4.85%
Proportion per 100k	0.33	0.29	-12.12%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Sprung

The data from the Decennial U.S. Census also provides insight into the ethnic identity associated with the surname Sprung. The majority of individuals with this last name identified as White, making up 96.39% in 2000 and 95.14% in 2010. There was an increase in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic, with changes of 48.21% and 146.53% respectively. Notably, there was an emergence of Black individuals with this surname in 2010 which was not present in the 2000 data. Those identifying with two or more races decreased from 1.69% to 0.95%, while the percentage of American Indian and Alaskan Natives remained unchanged.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.39%	95.14%	-1.3%
Hispanic	1.01%	2.49%	146.53%
Two or More Races	1.69%	0.95%	-43.79%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.56%	0.83%	48.21%
Black	0%	0.59%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%