Last Name SPRAGUE

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Meaning Nickname: The sprack, the quick, the nimble, the active. It is a Somerset name. The diminutive Spraket is also found.
From 'Spraak,' Dutch, speech, language, - figuratively, eloquent.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 1,466 (2000 US census) 1,544 (1990 US census)
Count 22,283 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 95.07%, or 21184 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.74%, or 165 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.48%, or 107 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.72%, or 160 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.26%, or 281 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.74%, or 388 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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