Sperring Surname

249,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,588 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Sperring Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Spiring'; compare Browning, Harding, &c.

Reginald Spiring, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1665-6. Roger Spering and Helen Skinner: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

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Sperring Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8391:66,4107,713
United States3721:974,35272,340
Australia1981:136,34214,722
Sweden441:223,79015,522
South Africa381:1,425,72975,291
Wales281:110,5198,545
New Zealand151:301,88825,890
France131:5,109,440259,941
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
Isle of Man81:10,7282,153
Finland71:785,24338,644
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland71:632,83819,259
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4641:52,5336,338
Wales101:156,8426,008
Jersey11:51,8823,898
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States581:865,83952,959

Sperring Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Spiring'; compare Browning, Harding, &c.

Reginald Spiring, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

1665-6. Roger Spering and Helen Skinner: Marriage Alleg. (Canterbury).

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

= Spearing, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Spearing: The Spearings have probably an ancestor in William Spearing, who owned land in South Brent 200 years ago (C.).

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

Sperring Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sperring is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sperring? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sperring is the 249,873rd most widespread surname at a global level, borne by around 1 in 4,589,135 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 60 percent of Sperring reside; 59 percent reside in Northern Europe and 55 percent reside in British Isles.

The last name Sperring is most common in England, where it is borne by 839 people, or 1 in 66,410. In England Sperring is most frequent in: Somerset, where 12 percent reside, Gloucestershire, where 12 percent reside and West Midlands, where 8 percent reside. Apart from England this last name exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 23 percent reside and Australia, where 12 percent reside.

Sperring Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sperring has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Sperring last name increased 181 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 641 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it increased 280 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Sperring Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Sperring surname is principally Catholic (71%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Sperring last name are 22.62% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 69.39% being registered with the political party.

The amount Sperring earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 18.86% more than the national average, earning R 282,456 per year; in United States they earn 8.9% more than the national average, earning $46,990 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.19% less than the national average, earning $41,638 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sperrings9452/
Spering93263/
Sperrin93261/
Spiering883,918/
Spearing882,491/
Speering881,120/
Sparring88184/
Spoering88138/
Spearrin8866/
Sporring8866/
Speiring8816/
Sperrink8815/
Spirring880/
Sperreng880/
Sperrint880/
Sphering880/
Sperin86175/
Spairring826/
Speirings821/
Speerings821/
Spierieng821/
Spoehring821/
Spheering820/
Spearin80809/
Sparing80301/
Sporing80203/
Spöring80150/
Spiring80147/
Spierin80107/
Sperryn8074/
Speerin8072/
Spergin8044/
Sperion801/
Sperink801/
Spierng800/
Spern77112/
Sperinck7574/
Spearink7567/
Spherion755/
Spöhring754/
Spierinc754/
Spierren751/
Shpiring751/
Spohring751/
Spirin7114,725/
Spearn7164/
Sperne7111/
Speirn719/
Spyrin717/
Speren712/
Speern711/
Spiern710/
Sporng710/
Spirina6717,319/
Spearen67120/
Spiorin677/
Shpirin677/
Sporäng676/
Spireng675/
Shpyrin673/
Šparing672/
Sperent671/
Shperyn671/
Szpirin671/
Schpern671/
Spirinn670/
Spirgin670/
Sporeng670/

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