The Sprenger surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,207 people carried this name — #13,713 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 133,300 people counted. That is up 11% from 1,993 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
985 people named Sprenger live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 Poland’s population register
165 people named Sprenger have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 212 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 100 people named Sprenger.
20 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 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 92 people named Sprenger 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 Salta.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
23 people named Sprenger is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Sprenger in American newspapers,
1913–1928.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,320 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sprenger,
with a public archive behind them.
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Balthasar Sprenger 1724–1791 · theologian -
Placidus Sprenger 1735–1806 · writer -
Jacob Sprenger 1435–1495 · theologian
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Jacob Sprenger 1438–1495 · theologian
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Sebastian Sperantius 1450–1525 · bishop
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Johann Heinrich Sprenger 1710–1777 · civil servant
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sprenger.
- 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
- Spreng 422 · 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
- Stabile 2,880 · U.S. census
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