Spearman Surname

43,819th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,862 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Spearman Surname Definition:

(English) v. Spear, and + man.

Spearman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,9951:36,2644,503
England9601:58,0406,970
Canada3621:101,78311,046
Israel1151:74,4149,096
Australia811:333,28028,364
South Africa741:732,13151,520
New Zealand611:74,23510,965
Ireland451:104,6435,503
Scotland391:137,2778,372
Wales231:134,5459,804
France201:3,321,136213,627
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
Northern Ireland181:102,5026,334
Jamaica91:318,8838,136
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Malaysia61:4,915,704170,578
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Oman21:1,843,9869,590
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Northern Mariana Islands11:54,5801,498
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland641:69,2175,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4631:52,6476,344
Jersey61:8,6471,503
Wales21:784,20816,349
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1951:42,0244,909

Spearman (38) may also be a first name.

Spearman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) v. Spear, and + man.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) A soldier or warrior armed with a spear.

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

A soldier; one who carried a spear-the ' lancer' of the medieval period. The word was in use at the time of the introduction of the authorized version of the Bible.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Spearman is the name of an old border clan (D.) now scantily represented in the county.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Spearman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Spearman (Arabic: سبيرمان) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Spearman click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spearman? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 43,819th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 614,361 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 82 percent of Spearman are found; 82 percent are found in North America and 82 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Spearman is also the 1,662,754th most frequently occurring first name internationally, borne by 38 people.

The last name Spearman is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 9,995 people, or 1 in 36,264. In The United States Spearman is mostly found in: South Carolina, where 11 percent are found, Texas, where 9 percent are found and Georgia, where 7 percent are found. Apart from The United States Spearman occurs in 34 countries. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 3 percent are found.

Spearman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Spearman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Spearman surname rose 836 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 207 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it fell 30 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 1,950 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 1,150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Spearman Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (59%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Spearman last name are 9.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.33% being registered with the political party.

The amount Spearman earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 85.43% more than the national average, earning R 440,652 per year; in United States they earn 11.1% less than the national average, earning $38,361 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.93% less than the national average, earning $46,238 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Spearman Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Spearman in the Arabic language
سبيرمانsbyrman-

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