Spooner Surname

22,172nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24,532 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Barbados

Spooner Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the spooner,' a maker of spoons; an important manufacture when no forks were used, and so many messes, stews, soups, &c, were popular; ct Cutler and Nasmith.

Robertus Sooner, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

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Spooner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,9381:36,4724,526
England7,9711:6,9901,017
Australia2,0911:12,9101,865
Canada1,9911:18,5062,616
New Zealand7571:5,982999
Ecuador2621:60,7095,100
Wales2531:12,2311,359
Barbados2301:1,250286
South Africa1651:328,35030,751
Jamaica1181:24,3221,980
Scotland881:60,8394,966
Venezuela561:539,35910,010
Guyana511:14,9462,019
Spain501:935,04135,950
France491:1,355,566135,191
Trinidad and Tobago451:30,3113,123
Israel421:203,75319,703
Ireland381:123,9196,102
Panama301:130,4094,482
Saint Lucia271:6,622814
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
Antigua and Barbuda211:4,722620
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Northern Ireland161:115,3156,804
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Argentina101:4,274,341152,056
Fiji91:99,3771,883
Vanuatu91:29,253714
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Jersey81:12,4002,398
China81:170,915,1968,932
Czechia71:1,519,06797,842
Netherlands71:2,412,45494,797
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Norway61:857,04855,549
Russia61:24,020,509493,300
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Chile51:3,523,29539,650
Grenada51:21,7071,054
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Kenya41:11,544,97562,419
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Macau21:300,8151,009
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Zambia21:7,924,96145,994
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Madagascar11:23,649,8379,420
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Dominica11:75,891912
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Laos11:6,588,3231,961
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland641:69,2175,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4,2421:5,746872
Wales781:20,1081,168
Scotland71:534,74514,325
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,4891:20,1762,544

Spooner (57) may also be a first name.

Spooner Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the spooner,' a maker of spoons; an important manufacture when no forks were used, and so many messes, stews, soups, &c, were popular; ct Cutler and Nasmith.

Robertus Sooner, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Willelmus Sponer, 1379: ibid.

Henricus Spuner, 1379: ibid.

1585. Buried — John Sponer (Spooner)'—thus entered: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1625. John Spooner and Florence Fryer: Marriage Lic. (London).

1728. Married — Henry Spooner and Mary Taylor: St. Mary Aldermary.

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

(English) Spoon-Maker or -Seller [Middle English sponer; Middle English spon, Old English spón, a chip of wood, spoon + the agential suff. -ere]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who made shingles or spoons.

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

A maker of spoons. A less desirable derivation is from Anglo-Saxon sponere, an enticer or seducer, from spanan, to allure.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From the German, Sponer; a personal name.

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

Spooner: maker of spoons in wood and horn.

Family Names And Their Story (1913) by Sabine Baring-Gould

Spooner Last Name Facts

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

Spooner is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spooner? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 22,172nd most prevalent family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 297,063 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 52 percent of Spooner live; 48 percent live in North America and 47 percent live in Anglo-North America. Spooner is also the 1,308,380th most frequently held forename throughout the world It is held by 57 people.

The surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 9,938 people, or 1 in 36,472. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 10 percent reside, New York, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States this last name occurs in 82 countries. It is also found in England, where 32 percent reside and Australia, where 9 percent reside.

Spooner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Spooner has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Spooner surname increased 399 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 188 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 324 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,257 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 41 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Spooner Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Spooner surname is primarily Catholic (78%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Spooner last name are 7.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.14% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Spooner earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 74.37% more than the national average, earning R 414,360 per year; in United States they earn 2.4% more than the national average, earning $44,184 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.35% more than the national average, earning $49,856 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spooneer931/
Spoonier931/
Jspooner930/
Spoonner930/
Sponer92719/
Spoone92215/
Sponner86307/
Spohner86141/
Spooney8681/
Szponer8677/
Sponger8615/
Sponier867/
Spoonge864/
Spouner862/
Spogner861/
Spoener861/
Spoonie861/
Spoones861/
Spoonet860/
Spone83190/
Spoonerova821/
Spoonire8096/
Sponnier802/
Spounger801/
Spaner77248/
Šponer7762/
Spóner7760/
Sponne7745/
Spuner7744/
Spoony7723/
Sponge7714/
Sponie775/
Spoine771/
Sponey771/
Sponed770/
Spones770/
Sponerová7545/
Sponerova751/
Spanier714,771/
Spanner712,592/
Spanger71337/
Shpaner71116/
Spunner7197/
Spagner7197/
Sponnerová7118/
Spohnerová7118/
Shpuner7118/
Szpuner7113/
Spunger716/
Spaneer711/
Spaneir711/
Šponger711/
Spauner710/
Sputner710/
Spane67382/
Spony67307/
Spona67172/
Szpanier6747/
Spannier6729/
Spangner679/
Sponi677/
Szpunier675/
Shpanier672/
Špone672/
Sponh672/
Shpanger671/
Sponj671/
Spannere671/
Shpanher671/
Spanhere671/

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