Spotswood Surname

364,583rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 990 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Spotswood Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spotswood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3781:958,88671,403
Australia2451:110,18712,273
England2061:270,47621,309
Canada621:594,28449,093
New Zealand341:133,18615,994
Northern Ireland251:73,8015,249
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Wales161:193,40812,484
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England871:280,17719,488
Scotland51:748,64318,576
Wales41:392,10412,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1801:278,99322,538

Spotswood (42) may also be a first name.

Spotswood Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spotswood is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spotswood? popularity and diffusion

The last name Spotswood is the 364,583rd most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 7,361,157 people. The surname Spotswood occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Spotswood live; 44 percent live in North America and 44 percent live in Anglo-North America. Spotswood is also the 1,566,439th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 42 people.

The last name Spotswood is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 378 people, or 1 in 958,886. In The United States Spotswood is most frequent in: California, where 22 percent reside, Virginia, where 13 percent reside and Texas, where 9 percent reside. Not including The United States Spotswood is found in 11 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 25 percent reside and England, where 21 percent reside.

Spotswood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Spotswood has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Spotswood last name rose 210 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 237 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 400 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Spotswood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Spotswood last name is chiefly Anglican (90%) in Ireland.

In The United States Spotswood are 30.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 77.32% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Spotswood earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 47.54% more than the national average, earning R 350,604 per year; in United States they earn 7.96% more than the national average, earning $46,584 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.11% more than the national average, earning $52,718 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spottswood95373/
Spootswood950/
Spotiswood950/
Spottiswood90481/
Spotteswood901/
Spottswoode901/
Spootiswood900/
Spatswood890/
Spottiswoode86217/
Spattswood840/
Spotswadd781/
Spotside710/

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Spotswood Reference & Research

Spotswood 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
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Spotswood
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