Spittall Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

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

Spittall Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the spittle,' i.e. hospital.

Spittall Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
England71:7,959,723202,100
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England351:696,43933,013
Scotland231:162,7496,621
Isle of Man71:7,753762
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Spittall Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the spittle,' i.e. hospital.

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

] (Anglo-French-Latin) Dweller at or by (or attendant in) a Hospital [Middle English spitel, spital, Old French (h)ospital (French hôpital); L.Latin hospitale, a large house; Latin hospitalis, relating to a guest or host] Richard atte Spitale.—Parl. Writs, A.D. 1300.

Lete bere hem [them] to the spitel anoon.—Rom. of the Rose, C 6505.

Spit(t)al or Spittle is a fairly-common British place-name: Spittal, Pemb., “had formerly a chapel or hospital belonging to Slebech preceptory’’; Spittal, Lincs, has “St. Edmund’s hospital, which was founded for poor women prior to 1330"; Spittle-Hill, Northumb., “had formerly a hospital dedicated to St. Leonard” (Nat Gaz., 1868).

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Spital, a contraction of hospital; a common name of localities.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Found Spittal, Spital, Spittel. Spital is the name of two places in Austria, of a parish in South Wales, and of a township co. Lincoln. It is a corruption of hospital.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Spittall Last Name Facts

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

Spittall is borne by more people in Australia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Spittall? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,116,508th most widely held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 35 percent of Spittall live; 35 percent live in Northern Europe and 35 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently held in Australia, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 3,374,463. In Australia it is most frequent in: Queensland, where 50 percent live and Northern Territory, where 50 percent live. Beside Australia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 30 percent live and Canada, where 22 percent live.

Spittall Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Spittall has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Spittall last name declined 80 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 78 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spittal931,215/
Spitall931/
Spitalle881/
Spittalt880/
Spital86244/
Spitale802,524/
Shpital8072/
Szpital8014/
Spitol7121/
Špital7113/
Spitalova711/
Spetal711/
Shpytal67140/
Spetale6767/
Szpitol674/
Shpitalova673/
Spitole671/
Shpitol671/
Spitholt6373/
Špitalová593/
Špitál5715/
Spitoł571/

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