The Spreng surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 422 people carried this name — #49,723 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 714,300 people counted. That is down 7% from 456 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
161 people named Spreng live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 93 people named Spreng.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 26 people named Spreng live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Córdoba.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Spreng,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johannes Spreng 1524–1601 · writer -
Johann Jacob Spreng 1699–1768 · pastor -
Anton Spreng 1770–1845 · artist
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Emil Spreng 1824–1864 · engineer
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Hans Otto Spreng 1877–1960 · painter
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Robert Spreng 1890–1969 · photographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Spreng.
- Spor 402 · U.S. census
- Sportiello 129 · U.S. census
- Sposito 669 · U.S. census
- Sprauer 302 · U.S. census
- Spraul 218 · U.S. census
- Sprecher 1,783 · U.S. census
- Sprenger 2,207 · U.S. census
- Spriet 183 · U.S. census
- Springer 31,643 · U.S. census
- Spychala 204 · U.S. census
- Sroka 2,187 · U.S. census
- Staat 430 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Spreng is.
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