Spilsbury Surname

191,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,202 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Monaco

Spilsbury Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Spelsbury,' a parish in Oxfordshire, near Chipping Norton.

1621. John Spilsbury, Worcestershire: Register of the University of Oxford.

Spilsbury Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,0211:54,5726,638
United States4651:779,48260,414
Australia3241:83,3209,655
South Africa1701:318,69230,132
Honduras551:160,2992,031
Wales441:70,3306,116
Canada431:856,87466,382
Switzerland161:513,30736,405
New Zealand111:411,66631,040
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
El Salvador21:3,171,9446,376
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Monaco11:37,0664,748
France11:66,422,722504,397
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5761:42,3185,329
Scotland41:935,80421,348
Jersey31:17,2942,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Spilsbury Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Spelsbury,' a parish in Oxfordshire, near Chipping Norton.

1621. John Spilsbury, Worcestershire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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

(English) belonging to Spelsbury (Oxon), the Anglo-Saxon Speolesburh=Speol's Stronghold [the pers. name is from a variant of Old English spilian, to play: v. Spill]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Spelsbury, a parish in Oxfordshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Worcestershire.

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

Spilsbury Last Name Facts

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

Spilsbury occurs most in England. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Spilsbury click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spilsbury? popularity and diffusion

Spilsbury is the 191,413th most commonly held surname at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 3,309,512 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Spilsbury are found; 49 percent are found in Northern Europe and 49 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname is most common in England, where it is carried by 1,021 people, or 1 in 54,572. In England Spilsbury is most common in: West Midlands, where 16 percent reside, Staffordshire, where 10 percent reside and Greater Manchester, where 10 percent reside. Barring England this surname is found in 24 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 21 percent reside and Australia, where 15 percent reside.

Spilsbury Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Spilsbury has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Spilsbury surname increased 177 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it increased 2,583 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 250 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 33 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Spilsbury Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States Spilsbury are 16.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.73% being registered with the political party.

The amount Spilsbury earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 66.9% more than the national average, earning R 396,612 per year; in United States they earn 17.82% more than the national average, earning $50,840 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.13% more than the national average, earning $54,221 CAD per year.

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