Spong Surname

156,374th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,800 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Suriname

Spong Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the spong,' from residence thereby. 'Spong, an irregular, narrow, projecting part of a field, whether planted or in grass': Moor (Halliwell's Dict.). 'A boggy wet place. Norfolk'(Halliwell's Dict).

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Spong Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9671:374,82833,176
England7951:70,0868,071
Australia5071:53,2466,570
Canada1641:224,66821,579
Suriname831:6,6581,580
Sweden551:179,03212,357
New Zealand501:90,56612,574
Netherlands391:433,00544,158
South Africa371:1,464,26276,407
Wales351:88,4157,250
France111:6,038,429280,838
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Curaçao41:39,312638
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland91:492,20716,355
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5191:46,9665,812
Wales51:313,68310,604
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1731:290,28123,212

Spong (10) may also be a first name.

Spong Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the spong,' from residence thereby. 'Spong, an irregular, narrow, projecting part of a field, whether planted or in grass': Moor (Halliwell's Dict.). 'A boggy wet place. Norfolk'(Halliwell's Dict).

Ricardus del Spon, 1376: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1741. Baptised — George, s. George Spong: St. Chap. Mayfair.

1749. Married — John Sponge and Martha Hatt. ibid.

1802. — Thomas Spong and Jane Mary Ann Brooks: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) Dweller at 1 a Bog or Swamp [Dialectal East. English spong, a boggy place; apparently a guttural form of Old English sponge (Latin spongia), a sponge: cp. Gaelic spong, Irish sponc, Welsh yspwng, Cornish spong, all from Latin spongia; also Scandinavian svamp, a sponge] 2 a Narrow Piece of Land [Dialectal East. English spong; apparently conn. with Old Norse spong, a flake, and English Frisian spange, a thin plate] “One cottage and spong of ground in Desford aforesaid.”—Leic. Gloss., p. 252.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) Dweller at 1 a Bog or Swamp 2 a Narrow Piece of Land “One cottage and spong of ground in Desford aforesaid.”—Leic. Gloss., p. 252.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

From the Danish, Sponneck; a personal name.

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

Spong Last Name Facts

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

The last name Spong (Russian: Спонг) occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Spong click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spong? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 156,374th most frequently used surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,602,695 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 44 percent of Spong are found; 41 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Spong is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 10 people.

The surname Spong is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 967 people, or 1 in 374,828. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 12 percent are found, California, where 9 percent are found and Florida, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it occurs in 39 countries. It also occurs in England, where 28 percent are found and Australia, where 18 percent are found.

Spong Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Spong has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Spong surname expanded 559 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 153 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 700 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 89 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Spong Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Spong last name are 18.67% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.44% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Spong earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 395.77% more than the national average, earning R 1,178,140 per year; in United States they earn 15.98% more than the national average, earning $50,046 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.24% more than the national average, earning $53,776 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spoong9116/
Spongh919/
Spoung911/
Spongs911/
Spoing910/
Spon89246/
Spoting831/
Spohn807,507/
Spang806,289/
Spoon805,381/
Spung80255/
Spond80198/
Spone80190/
Sphon80167/
Sponn8063/
Shpon8053/
Szpon8047/
Spont8037/
Sponk807/
Spoun806/
Sponh802/
Spoin802/
Sppon801/
Spomg801/
Szpond73234/
Spoone73215/
Spotin73211/
Szpont7361/
Spoont7351/
Sponne7345/
Spound7335/
Sphoon7333/
Shpoon7322/
Sphung739/
Szpang734/
Spangh733/
Sponck732/
Sphohn731/
Shpoun731/
Spoine731/
Spoink731/
Spaung731/
Sposen731/
Spangs731/
Spoond731/
Sponke731/
Spoohn730/
Spangg730/
Spoonn730/
Span674,491/
Spotten67242/
Shpotin67184/
Spoucin6740/
Špon6714/
Spán6711/
Shpotyn678/
Spom673/
Xpon671/
Spangsø671/
Spân671/
Sponova671/
Shpount671/
Spating670/

Spong Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Spong in the Russian language
Спонгspong-

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