Spong Surname
Approximately 2,800 people bear this surname
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).
Read More About This SurnameSpong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 967 | 1:374,828 | 33,176 |
| England | 795 | 1:70,086 | 8,071 |
| Australia | 507 | 1:53,246 | 6,570 |
| Canada | 164 | 1:224,668 | 21,579 |
| Suriname | 83 | 1:6,658 | 1,580 |
| Sweden | 55 | 1:179,032 | 12,357 |
| New Zealand | 50 | 1:90,566 | 12,574 |
| Netherlands | 39 | 1:433,005 | 44,158 |
| South Africa | 37 | 1:1,464,262 | 76,407 |
| Wales | 35 | 1:88,415 | 7,250 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 9 | 1:492,207 | 16,355 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 519 | 1:46,966 | 5,812 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:313,683 | 10,604 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:1,871,608 | 27,884 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 173 | 1:290,281 | 23,212 |
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.
(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.
(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.
From the Danish, Sponneck; a personal name.
Spong Demographics
Spong Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Religious Adherence
in Ireland
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spoong | 91 | 16 | / |
| Spongh | 91 | 9 | / |
| Spoung | 91 | 1 | / |
| Spongs | 91 | 1 | / |
| Spoing | 91 | 0 | / |
| Spon | 89 | 246 | / |
| Spoting | 83 | 1 | / |
| Spohn | 80 | 7,507 | / |
| Spang | 80 | 6,289 | / |
| Spoon | 80 | 5,381 | / |
| Spung | 80 | 255 | / |
| Spond | 80 | 198 | / |
| Spone | 80 | 190 | / |
| Sphon | 80 | 167 | / |
| Sponn | 80 | 63 | / |
| Shpon | 80 | 53 | / |
| Szpon | 80 | 47 | / |
| Spont | 80 | 37 | / |
| Sponk | 80 | 7 | / |
| Spoun | 80 | 6 | / |
| Sponh | 80 | 2 | / |
| Spoin | 80 | 2 | / |
| Sppon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Spomg | 80 | 1 | / |
| Szpond | 73 | 234 | / |
| Spoone | 73 | 215 | / |
| Spotin | 73 | 211 | / |
| Szpont | 73 | 61 | / |
| Spoont | 73 | 51 | / |
| Sponne | 73 | 45 | / |
| Spound | 73 | 35 | / |
| Sphoon | 73 | 33 | / |
| Shpoon | 73 | 22 | / |
| Sphung | 73 | 9 | / |
| Szpang | 73 | 4 | / |
| Spangh | 73 | 3 | / |
| Sponck | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sphohn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shpoun | 73 | 1 | / |
| Spoine | 73 | 1 | / |
| Spoink | 73 | 1 | / |
| Spaung | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sposen | 73 | 1 | / |
| Spangs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Spoond | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sponke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Spoohn | 73 | 0 | / |
| Spangg | 73 | 0 | / |
| Spoonn | 73 | 0 | / |
| Span | 67 | 4,491 | / |
| Spotten | 67 | 242 | / |
| Shpotin | 67 | 184 | / |
| Spoucin | 67 | 40 | / |
| Špon | 67 | 14 | / |
| Spán | 67 | 11 | / |
| Shpotyn | 67 | 8 | / |
| Spom | 67 | 3 | / |
| Xpon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spangsø | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spân | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sponova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shpount | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spating | 67 | 0 | / |
Spong Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spong in the Russian language | ||
| Спонг | spong | - |
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