Spittall Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Spittall Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the spittle,' i.e. hospital.
Spittall Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 8 | 1:3,374,463 | 124,818 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 35 | 1:696,439 | 33,013 |
| Scotland | 23 | 1:162,749 | 6,621 |
| Isle of Man | 7 | 1:7,753 | 762 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
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.
] (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).
Spital, a contraction of hospital; a common name of localities.
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.
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spittal | 93 | 1,215 | / |
| Spitall | 93 | 1 | / |
| Spitalle | 88 | 1 | / |
| Spittalt | 88 | 0 | / |
| Spital | 86 | 244 | / |
| Spitale | 80 | 2,524 | / |
| Shpital | 80 | 72 | / |
| Szpital | 80 | 14 | / |
| Spitol | 71 | 21 | / |
| Špital | 71 | 13 | / |
| Spitalova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Spetal | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shpytal | 67 | 140 | / |
| Spetale | 67 | 67 | / |
| Szpitol | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shpitalova | 67 | 3 | / |
| Spitole | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shpitol | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spitholt | 63 | 73 | / |
| Špitalová | 59 | 3 | / |
| Špitál | 57 | 15 | / |
| Spitoł | 57 | 1 | / |
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