Sparling Surname

84,719th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,700 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Sparling Surname Definition:

(Teutonic) = Sparrow (q.v.) + the (double) diminutive suff. -ling: cp. Ger. sperling, ‘sparrow.’

Sparling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,4101:106,29311,661
Canada1,2401:29,7143,893
England5541:100,57410,615
Ireland1131:41,6723,227
Paraguay1101:65,7891,757
Australia491:550,93340,757
Scotland441:121,6787,769
New Zealand441:102,91613,667
Netherlands291:582,31651,332
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Wales161:193,40812,484
France91:7,380,302306,885
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
Moldova71:508,76732,975
Czechia51:2,126,694115,412
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Malta41:107,5681,849
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
United States Virgin Islands21:55,1886,229
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
China21:683,660,78330,601
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland861:51,5104,301
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3761:64,8287,451
Scotland101:374,32210,959
Guernsey31:10,8851,562
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6061:82,8698,678

Sparling (58) may also be a first name.

Sparling Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Teutonic) = Sparrow (q.v.) + the (double) diminutive suff. -ling: cp. Ger. sperling, ‘sparrow.’

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One with some characteristic of a little sparrow.

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

Germ, sperling, a sparrow.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Ralph de Esparlon, Normandy 1180 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). Jordan Esperling, Engl. c. 1198 (Rotuli Curiae Regis).

The Norman People (1874)

Sparling Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sparling (Hindi: स्पार्लिग, Russian: Спарлинг) is found most in The United States. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sparling? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 84,719th most commonly occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,278,517 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 77 percent of Sparling live; 74 percent live in North America and 73 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,295,729th most commonly used first name internationally, held by 58 people.

This last name is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 3,410 people, or 1 in 106,293. In The United States Sparling is most common in: California, where 12 percent reside, New York, where 8 percent reside and Florida, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States Sparling occurs in 39 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 22 percent reside and England, where 10 percent reside.

Sparling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sparling has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sparling last name expanded 563 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 147 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 131 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 440 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sparling Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is chiefly Anglican (52%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Sparling last name are 12.3% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.07% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sparling earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 184.03% more than the national average, earning 982,983 kr per year; in United States they earn 5.4% more than the national average, earning $45,480 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.72% more than the national average, earning $53,022 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sparling Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sparling in the Hindi language
स्पार्लिगsparliga-
Sparling in the Russian language
Спарлингsparling-

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