Spry Surname
Approximately 8,870 people bear this surname
Spry Surname Definition:
(English) The lively, alert person.
Spry Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,142 | 1:70,490 | 8,179 |
| Australia | 1,584 | 1:17,043 | 2,391 |
| England | 1,307 | 1:42,630 | 5,442 |
| Canada | 515 | 1:71,545 | 8,161 |
| New Zealand | 78 | 1:58,055 | 9,120 |
| Wales | 59 | 1:52,450 | 4,823 |
| Scotland | 48 | 1:111,538 | 7,348 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Germany | 22 | 1:3,659,339 | 158,771 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Tanzania | 3 | 1:17,647,204 | 107,932 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 13 | 1:340,759 | 12,983 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 869 | 1:28,050 | 3,800 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 823 | 1:61,019 | 6,703 |
Spry (23) may also be a first name.
Spry Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(English) The lively, alert person.
"The name of Spry, Sprey, Spray, is Cornish, and signifies a sprout, branch, sprig, or slip of any matter or thing." Hals, in D. Gilbert's Cornwall, i. 29,-a very wide etymology. In the dialect of Somerset, and in the United States, ' spry ' means nimble, active, smart.
Burke says that this family, whose name he writes var. De Spre, De Spray, De Sprey, Spreye, Sprie, Sprye, Spry, Spray, and Sprey, was at a very early period seated in co. Devon, where several places bear the designation in its more ancient spelling, as Spreyton, Sprieton or Spryeton, Spray or Sprey, and Sprye Comb. Gilbert (quoting Hals) says: "spry, sprey, spray is Cornish, and signifies a sprout, branch, sprig, twig, split, or slip of any matter or thing." "In the dialect of Somerset, and in the United States, spry means nimble, active, smart," says Lower. If of Coruish origin, the name would corrupt from that of Prye, q. v.
From the German, Spreu; a personal name.
The Cornish families of Spry hail originally from Devonshire, and came into the county of Cornwall in the reign of Henry VII. (M.). They found a home in Blisland, and a branch of the family established itself at Place, near St. Mawes. The Sprys and the Pyes sided with Cromwell and made themselves in consequence unpopular amongst the Cornish Royalists, who were wont to exclaim, after the style of the Litany, "From the Pyes and the Spryes, good Lord, deliver us!" (M.).
The Sprys were established in Tavistock in the 17th and 18th centuries (W. T.), and they still occur in the district.
Spry Demographics
Average Male Spry Height
176.51 cm
Average Female Spry Height
162.47 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Spry Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Spry Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Spry is found most frequently in The United States. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Spry? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 57,104th most prevalent surname on earth, held by around 1 in 821,595 people. The surname Spry is primarily found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Spry reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 64 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Spry is also the 2,239,265th most widespread given name worldwide, held by 23 people.
Spry is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 5,142 people, or 1 in 70,490. In The United States Spry is most prevalent in: North Carolina, where 13 percent reside, California, where 6 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Excluding The United States it exists in 39 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 18 percent reside and England, where 15 percent reside.
Spry Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Spry has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Spry last name increased 625 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 150 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 1,180 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Spry Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Spry surname are 10.2% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.97% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Spry earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 124.28% more than the national average, earning R 532,968 per year; in United States they earn 5.57% less than the national average, earning $40,747 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.62% less than the national average, earning $47,388 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spray | 89 | 5,676 | / |
| Sprey | 89 | 486 | / |
| Sprys | 89 | 121 | / |
| Spryd | 89 | 46 | / |
| Spryś | 89 | 26 | / |
| Spruy | 89 | 14 | / |
| Spryß | 89 | 3 | / |
| Spryt | 89 | 2 | / |
| Sproy | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sppry | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sprry | 89 | 0 | / |
| Spruyt | 80 | 3,448 | / |
| Sprysz | 80 | 85 | / |
| Sprayt | 80 | 59 | / |
| Spreys | 80 | 31 | / |
| Spreyz | 80 | 12 | / |
| Szpryt | 80 | 7 | / |
| Spryhs | 80 | 7 | / |
| Sprays | 80 | 6 | / |
| Sprych | 80 | 2 | / |
| Spraay | 80 | 1 | / |
| Spra | 75 | 26 | / |
| Spre | 75 | 20 | / |
| Spri | 75 | 13 | / |
| Sprohys | 73 | 21 | / |
| Szprych | 73 | 19 | / |
| Sprysch | 73 | 15 | / |
| Shpryts | 73 | 5 | / |
| Spruhys | 73 | 3 | / |
| Spruydt | 73 | 1 | / |
| Spruyts | 73 | 1 | / |
| Spree | 67 | 870 | / |
| Sprio | 67 | 613 | / |
| Sprea | 67 | 357 | / |
| Sprei | 67 | 202 | / |
| Spreu | 67 | 117 | / |
| Spåre | 67 | 90 | / |
| Sprie | 67 | 77 | / |
| Spåra | 67 | 67 | / |
| Sprij | 67 | 42 | / |
| Sprit | 67 | 34 | / |
| Spred | 67 | 24 | / |
| Spret | 67 | 10 | / |
| Sprez | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sprid | 67 | 7 | / |
| Shpri | 67 | 6 | / |
| Spres | 67 | 4 | / |
| Spréa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sprai | 67 | 2 | / |
| Spriz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sprée | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sppra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spraj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sphra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sxprj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shpra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sprra | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spryňová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spreč | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spris | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sphre | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sprer | 67 | 0 | / |
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