Sperling Surname
Approximately 26,261 people bear this surname
Sperling Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Spirling,' one of the endless suffixes in -ing; compare Browning, Harding, &c. The 's' in Sperlings and Spillings is the genitive, as in Williams, Jones, Simmonds, &c. The only other possible origin is a nickname; German Sperling, a sparrow.
Read More About This SurnameSperling Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 15,126 | 1:5,322 | 640 |
| United States | 6,543 | 1:55,396 | 6,608 |
| Canada | 883 | 1:41,728 | 5,189 |
| Brazil | 707 | 1:302,793 | 11,676 |
| Australia | 504 | 1:53,563 | 6,606 |
| Israel | 401 | 1:21,341 | 3,173 |
| Poland | 369 | 1:103,005 | 15,654 |
| Netherlands | 321 | 1:52,608 | 9,020 |
| Denmark | 263 | 1:21,463 | 2,168 |
| England | 216 | 1:257,954 | 20,673 |
| Argentina | 167 | 1:255,949 | 20,674 |
| France | 122 | 1:544,449 | 74,270 |
| Sweden | 102 | 1:96,537 | 7,015 |
| Hungary | 100 | 1:98,163 | 9,529 |
| Austria | 100 | 1:85,154 | 12,686 |
| South Africa | 66 | 1:820,874 | 55,153 |
| Switzerland | 49 | 1:167,611 | 15,447 |
| New Zealand | 36 | 1:125,787 | 15,451 |
| Norway | 26 | 1:197,780 | 22,769 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Belgium | 14 | 1:821,189 | 66,436 |
| Panama | 12 | 1:326,022 | 7,351 |
| Chile | 11 | 1:1,601,498 | 26,155 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Paraguay | 8 | 1:904,593 | 9,127 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 1:2,947,083 | 107,736 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 68 | 1:358,461 | 22,559 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 500 | 1:100,437 | 10,180 |
The alternate forms: Šperling (66) are calculated separately.
Sperling (51) may also be a first name.
Sperling Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Spirling,' one of the endless suffixes in -ing; compare Browning, Harding, &c. The 's' in Sperlings and Spillings is the genitive, as in Williams, Jones, Simmonds, &c. The only other possible origin is a nickname; German Sperling, a sparrow.
Geoffrey Spirling, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Henry Sperling, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
1631. Baptised — Dennys, d. Abraham Spillinge: St. James, Clerkenwell.
V. Sparling.
(Ger.) Sparrow [Ger. Sperling, from Middle High German spar, O.H.Ger. sparo, sparrow + the (double) diminutive suff. -ling]
(German) One with some characteristic of a sparrow; dweller at the sign of the sparrow.
(from a personal characteristic) German for “sparrow,” a name given to a vivacious, active person.
Descended from Henry Sperling, a German Count of ancient family, who settled at Chigwell, co. Essex, in the last century. Germ, sperling, a sparrow.
Sperling Demographics
Average Male Sperling Height
177.15 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Sperling Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sperling Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sperling (Russian: Сперлинг) is most common in Germany. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Šperling. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sperling.
How Common Is The Last Name Sperling? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 20,784th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 277,505 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Sperling reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 59 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Sperling is also the 1,396,783rd most frequently held forename worldwide It is held by 51 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 15,126 people, or 1 in 5,322. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 19 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 13 percent live and Saxony, where 10 percent live. Outside of Germany it is found in 64 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.
Sperling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Sperling has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Sperling surname expanded 1,309 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 318 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sperling Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Sperling surname is principally Catholic (50%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Sperling surname are 1.27% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.96% being registered with the party.
The amount Sperling earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 17.51% more than the national average, earning 406,665 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 16.83% more than the national average, earning R 277,644 per year; in United States they earn 16.08% more than the national average, earning $50,089 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.82% less than the national average, earning $49,276 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Šperling | 96 | 66 | / |
| Shperling | 94 | 580 | / |
| Spierling | 94 | 518 | / |
| Szperling | 94 | 268 | / |
| Sperlings | 94 | 16 | / |
| Spearling | 94 | 14 | / |
| Sperrling | 94 | 12 | / |
| Speurling | 94 | 0 | / |
| Sperlin | 93 | 138 | / |
| Sperlng | 93 | 1 | / |
| Schperling | 89 | 8 | / |
| Szperlling | 89 | 1 | / |
| Spoerrling | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sparling | 88 | 5,700 | / |
| Spirling | 88 | 62 | / |
| Sperlina | 88 | 37 | / |
| Shperlin | 88 | 29 | / |
| Sporling | 88 | 8 | / |
| Sperlint | 88 | 4 | / |
| Sperleng | 88 | 1 | / |
| Sperilng | 88 | 1 | / |
| Spreling | 88 | 1 | / |
| Speerlin | 88 | 0 | / |
| Sperlingová | 84 | 13 | / |
| Shperlina | 82 | 10 | / |
| Chperling | 82 | 1 | / |
| Šperlings | 82 | 1 | / |
| Spharling | 82 | 1 | / |
| Spirlin | 80 | 78 | / |
| Spärlin | 80 | 9 | / |
| Sperlen | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sperlim | 80 | 0 | / |
| Speryln | 80 | 0 | / |
| Šperlink | 75 | 16 | / |
| Shperlyn | 75 | 7 | / |
| Sperloen | 75 | 4 | / |
| Sperlend | 75 | 2 | / |
| Sperllne | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shperlim | 75 | 1 | / |
| Spearlyn | 75 | 0 | / |
| Šperlingová | 74 | 70 | / |
| Shperlyna | 71 | 3 | / |
| Šperlín | 67 | 40 | / |
| Šperlinková | 63 | 18 | / |
| Šperlínová | 56 | 31 | / |
Sperling Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sperling in the Russian language | ||
| Сперлинг | sperling | - |
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Sperling Reference & Research
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