Spong

See also: spong

English

Etymology

Various origins:

• English topographic surname from Middle English spong (“narrow strip of land”).
• Borrowed from Swedish Spong, an ornamental surname from spång (“footbridge, plank”).

Proper noun

Spong (plural Spongs)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Spong is the 35395^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 636 individuals. Spong is most common among White (95.6%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Spong”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• pongs