Spittle Surname

148,293rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,982 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Spittle Surname Definition:

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

Spittle Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4531:38,3474,987
United States8191:442,56338,021
Australia3991:67,6588,056
New Zealand951:47,6677,746
Wales711:43,5854,199
Canada611:604,02649,778
Argentina381:1,124,82767,975
Scotland161:334,61415,044
Austria61:1,419,23986,529
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
France21:33,211,361423,184
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland231:192,6039,322
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8031:30,3554,054
Wales261:60,3242,968
Scotland261:143,9706,132
Guernsey21:16,3281,834
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1681:298,92123,746

Spittle 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

(English, Scottish) Dweller in, or near, a hospital, a house for travelers, generally a religious house, later a home for the needy and infirm; one who came from Spittal (house), the name of many places in Scotland.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

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

(Scotch), Hospital.

Surnames (1857) by Bernard Homer Dixon

Spittle Last Name Facts

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

The last name Spittle is found most in England. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Spittle? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 148,293rd most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 2,443,845 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 52 percent of Spittle are found; 52 percent are found in Northern Europe and 52 percent are found in British Isles.

It is most common in England, where it is held by 1,453 people, or 1 in 38,347. In England it is mostly concentrated in: West Midlands, where 35 percent live, Greater London, where 7 percent live and Staffordshire, where 5 percent live. Excluding England it exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 27 percent live and Australia, where 13 percent live.

Spittle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Spittle has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Spittle surname rose 181 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 488 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it rose 273 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it fell 38 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 91 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Spittle Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Spittle last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Spittle are 11.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.92% registered with the party.

The amount Spittle earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 3.27% more than the national average, earning $44,560 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.24% more than the national average, earning $50,798 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spittler932,426/
Spittles93551/
Spittele931/
Spitle925/
Spitler864,272/
Spettle8619/
Spitele861/
Spitlet861/
Spitley861/
Spittla860/
Speitle860/
Spitlez860/
Spithle860/
Spile8397/
Spitteller822/
Spitelle8023/
Shpitler804/
Speitler804/
Spettler803/
Spitller801/
Spaile77357/
Spiler77333/
Spiele77178/
Spilet7745/
Spiles777/
Spiley775/
Spitly770/
Spilie770/
Spiole770/
Spetle770/
Spoile770/
Spiteller7562/
Spitellie7522/
Szpiler71139/
Spoiled7133/
Shpiler7129/
Spetler7124/
Speiler7115/
Spytler715/
Spailer715/
Spisler714/
Spailey713/
Sppiler711/
Speiles711/
Speille710/
Speilet710/
Speihle710/
Spilett710/
Spila671,139/
Spele67352/
Spitilli67226/
Spitella67149/
Spithill6782/
Spilj6766/
Speiller6741/
Spili6732/
Spilý6723/
Spitelli6716/
Spilá6715/
Spily678/
Špile673/
Sphiller672/
Speetles672/
Spyle671/
Spithell670/

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