Spalding Surname

27,460th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,577 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Spalding Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Spalding,' a parish in Lincolnshire.

Ralph de Spaldinge, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ida de Spaldingge, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Robertus de Spaldyng, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

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Spalding Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11,6921:31,0013,859
England3,3741:16,5142,395
Australia1,3551:19,9232,763
Scotland7601:7,0441,086
Canada6161:59,8147,051
South Africa5461:99,22712,040
Jamaica2701:10,6291,121
Brazil1581:1,354,90146,001
New Zealand1201:37,7366,411
Germany1121:718,79954,527
Wales731:42,3914,090
Panama721:54,3372,580
Poland671:567,29552,993
Sweden401:246,16917,052
Ireland361:130,8046,280
France351:1,897,792163,564
Argentina241:1,780,97692,783
Trinidad and Tobago221:61,9994,975
Philippines201:5,061,911170,869
Switzerland181:456,27333,097
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Zimbabwe111:1,403,47676,064
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Ecuador91:1,767,31620,027
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Spain71:6,678,86292,666
Costa Rica61:796,6785,462
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Finland51:1,099,34045,512
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
China41:341,830,39216,990
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Portugal41:2,604,56016,079
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
Paraguay31:2,412,24913,111
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Guatemala21:8,041,3349,698
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Malta11:430,2723,380
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Belize11:355,4743,977
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Guam11:160,1214,893
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5091:16,1532,374
Scotland6371:5,876861
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,1911:15,7382,003

Spalding (104) may also be a first name.

Spalding Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Spalding,' a parish in Lincolnshire.

Ralph de Spaldinge, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Ida de Spaldingge, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Robertus de Spaldyng, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Margareta de Spaldyng, 1379: ibid.

1808. Married — William Williams, otherwise Spalding, and Maria Davis: St. George, Hanover Square.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

From the town of Spalding in Lincolnshire. Radulphus de Spalding who witnessed a charter oi the mill of Caterline in Kincardineshire in 1225 (RAA., I, p. 90) is probably the first of the name recorded in Scotland. Magister John de Spaldyn witnessed a grant of lands in Aberdeen, c. 1294 (REA., I, p. 37). As Johan Despanyding (=De Spanyding he is mentioned as canon of Elgin, c. 1300 (Rec. Elgin, p, 10), and is probably the Johan de Spauyding who petitioned Edward I in 1304 to give him 20 oaks from his forest of Laund Morgund to build his church of Duffus (Bain, II, 1629, 1708). Symon de Spalding, parson of the church of Ogheltre in Ayrshire rendered homage in 1296 (ibid.,p. 206). Tytler mentions in his History of Scotland (I, p. 133, ed. of 1864) that at the iiege of Berwick by Bruce in 1318, one of the burgesses of the town named Peter de Spalding, disgusted with the severity of the governor, resolved to aid the besiegers. In reward for his services he received from Bruce in May, 1319, in exchange for his lands and tenements at Berwick, the lands of Ballourthy (Balzeordie) and Petmethey (Pitmachie) in Angus (Cornegies, Earls of Southesk, p. 482) together with the keepership of the royal forest of Kylgerry. William Spaldyng was elected a lineator of Aberdeen, 1398 (CRA., p. 374), Thomas de Spalding and David de Spalding held a tenement in Dundee in 1442 (Charters and writs, Dundee, p. 20), David Spaldeng of Dundee had a safe conduct into England, 1453 (Bain, IV, 1254), John de Spaldynge was deacon in Brechin, 1456 (REB., I, p. 182), ir 1479 George Spalding appears as provost of Dundee (Panmure, II, 251). The Spaldings are included in "The roll of the clannis that hes capitanes, cheiffis and chiftanes quhome on thai depend," 1587 (APS., III, p. 467). Spaldene 1684.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) belonging to Spalding (Lincs), 13th cent. Spalding(e, the Anglo-Saxon Spaldelyng, Spaldeling, Spauldeling [On the analogy of Spaldington, Yorks, the last element is the Old English son suff. -ing rather than O.North. and East. English ing (Old Norse eng), a meadow, and the first element a pers. name with the diminutive suff. -el, perh. a nickname from Old English spáld, saliva (!), unless conn. with Low Ger. spalden, to split (cp. Old Englishspeld, a splinter]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Place name in Lincolnshire, England.

— South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) One who came from Spalding (tribe of Spaldas), in Lincolnshire.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A parish in co. Lincoln.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Local. From the town of Spalding, in Lincolnshire, England. Spalding, a ravine, from the German spalte, a ravine.

— An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

A location name in Lincolnshire.

— British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber
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Spalding Demographics

Average Spalding Salary in
United States

$45,627 USD

Per year
Rank:
555,805 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00332283
Rank: 3,708 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
105.74%
Sample size: 6,211 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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Spalding Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Spalding Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Spalding (Russian: Спалдинг) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Spalding? popularity and diffusion

Spalding is the 27,460th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 372,250 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Spalding are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 62 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 925,156th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 104 people.

The surname Spalding is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 11,692 people, or 1 in 31,001. In The United States Spalding is mostly concentrated in: Kentucky, where 15 percent live, California, where 10 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Apart from The United States Spalding is found in 67 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent live and Australia, where 7 percent live.

Spalding Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Spalding has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Spalding last name increased 366 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 224 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 119 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 7,300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 600 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Spalding Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Spalding surname is chiefly Presbyterian (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States Spalding are 14.97% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 61.74% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Spalding earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 38.79% less than the national average, earning 211,819 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 100.42% more than the national average, earning R 476,268 per year; in United States they earn 5.74% more than the national average, earning $45,627 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.13% more than the national average, earning $51,236 CAD per year.

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SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spaulding9425,668/
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Spailding941/
Spaylding941/
Spaalding940/
Spallding940/
Spaldin9350/
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Spauldings8931/
Spaullding891/
Spauldding891/
Spolding88120/
Spauldin8820/
Spauldng882/
Spaldina881/
Spalddin880/
D'Spaulding841/
Spoulding828/
Spauldind823/
Spauldina822/
Spoilding821/
Spoldin802/
Spalden800/
Spoldeng751/
Spallden750/
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Spalding Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Spalding in the Russian language
Спалдингspalding-

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Spalding Reference & Research

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