Spoors Surname

337,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,093 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Spoors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spoors Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8151:68,3667,902
United States1341:2,704,917162,137
Australia641:421,80833,593
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
South Africa141:3,869,836127,494
Germany111:7,318,678235,042
Wales91:343,83718,086
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Maldives11:404,1727,269
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3731:65,3507,487
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Spoors Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spoors occurs more in England more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Spoors.

How Common Is The Last Name Spoors? popularity and diffusion

Spoors is the 337,050th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 6,667,471 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Spoors are found; 77 percent are found in Northern Europe and 77 percent are found in British Isles.

The surname Spoors is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 815 people, or 1 in 68,366. In England it is most common in: Tyne and Wear, where 34 percent live, Durham, where 20 percent live and Northumberland, where 5 percent live. Apart from England it occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 12 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.

Spoors Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Spoors has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the surname rose 218 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 447 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Spoors Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Methodist (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Spoors surname are 29.7% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 76.47% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Spoors earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 29.35% less than the national average, earning R 167,880 per year; in United States they earn 2.1% less than the national average, earning $42,242 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.98% more than the national average, earning $51,162 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spors911,229/
Spours83109/
Spohrs8324/
Spotrs836/
Sporås833/
Spoers831/
Sporss831/
Spourse771/
Spurs73242/
Spars73170/
Sparsø6762/
Sporch6753/
Sparsh6752/
Sparrs6719/
Spurrs679/
Shpars679/
Sparse677/
Sporje674/
Schphorst672/
Spaars671/
Sparst671/
Sporce670/
Spahrs670/
Spurse670/
Sparrås624/
Shparsh621/
Shhparsh576/
Sparx554/
Spurce5011/
Sparce501/
Spurch500/

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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 Spoors
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