Spoor Surname
Approximately 5,561 people bear this surname
Spoor Surname Definition:
(Dutch.) A spur; that which excites; a locality, as the spur of a mountain; whatever projects; the track or foot—prints of beasts.
Spoor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,269 | 1:159,744 | 16,270 |
| Netherlands | 1,806 | 1:9,351 | 1,207 |
| England | 477 | 1:116,809 | 11,902 |
| Australia | 417 | 1:64,738 | 7,754 |
| Germany | 133 | 1:605,304 | 48,487 |
| Canada | 125 | 1:294,765 | 27,374 |
| South Africa | 88 | 1:615,656 | 46,403 |
| France | 64 | 1:1,037,855 | 114,367 |
| Scotland | 28 | 1:191,208 | 10,357 |
| Suriname | 26 | 1:21,254 | 4,689 |
| Wales | 23 | 1:134,545 | 9,804 |
| Belgium | 22 | 1:522,575 | 50,051 |
| Denmark | 18 | 1:313,595 | 22,770 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Cyprus | 13 | 1:68,067 | 7,075 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Afghanistan | 5 | 1:6,430,637 | 27,710 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 1:1,132,081 | 47,619 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 342 | 1:71,273 | 7,942 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 652 | 1:77,023 | 8,188 |
Spoor (75) may also be a first name.
Spoor Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Dutch.) A spur; that which excites; a locality, as the spur of a mountain; whatever projects; the track or foot—prints of beasts.
Spoor Demographics
Average Male Spoor Height
178.48 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Spoor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Spoor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Spoor is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Spoor? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 86,606th most prevalent family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,310,474 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 47 percent of Spoor live; 43 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,116,575th most commonly used given name in the world, borne by 75 people.
The surname Spoor is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 2,269 people, or 1 in 159,744. In The United States it is most common in: New York, where 16 percent live, Texas, where 10 percent live and California, where 9 percent live. Other than The United States Spoor occurs in 32 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 32 percent live and England, where 9 percent live.
Spoor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Spoor has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Spoor surname increased 348 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 139 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 700 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Spoor Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Spoor surname are 19.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.89% registered with the political party.
The amount Spoor earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 34.61% less than the national average, earning R 155,388 per year; in United States they earn 7.81% more than the national average, earning $46,520 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.66% more than the national average, earning $51,999 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spoore | 91 | 41 | / |
| Spor | 89 | 971 | / |
| Spohr | 80 | 6,368 | / |
| Spore | 80 | 1,379 | / |
| Spour | 80 | 166 | / |
| Sport | 80 | 153 | / |
| Sporr | 80 | 97 | / |
| Szpor | 80 | 87 | / |
| Spoer | 80 | 55 | / |
| Shpor | 80 | 43 | / |
| Sphor | 80 | 40 | / |
| Spord | 80 | 27 | / |
| Sporh | 80 | 18 | / |
| Spojr | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sporz | 80 | 1 | / |
| Spotr | 80 | 1 | / |
| Spoir | 80 | 0 | / |
| Spoorová | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shport | 73 | 1,299 | / |
| Sporre | 73 | 665 | / |
| Spoehr | 73 | 353 | / |
| S'Pore | 73 | 286 | / |
| Spoerr | 73 | 84 | / |
| Szport | 73 | 3 | / |
| Spohre | 73 | 2 | / |
| Shporh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Sporjs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shhpor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Schpor | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sphohr | 73 | 1 | / |
| Spohrr | 73 | 1 | / |
| Spourt | 73 | 0 | / |
| Sphorr | 73 | 0 | / |
| Sporth | 73 | 0 | / |
| Spoure | 73 | 0 | / |
| Sportt | 73 | 0 | / |
| Spar | 67 | 1,036 | / |
| Spur | 67 | 285 | / |
| Sporova | 67 | 195 | / |
| Spür | 67 | 15 | / |
| Spór | 67 | 15 | / |
| Špor | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sporová | 67 | 8 | / |
| Spohier | 67 | 0 | / |
| Spoheer | 67 | 0 | / |
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Spoor Reference & Research
Spore FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Spoor
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