Spratley Surname

154,790th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,835 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Portugal

Spratley Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sproatley,' a parish in East Riding of Yorks, seven miles from Hull, literally, the field that belonged to Sprot; v. Spratt.

1612. Edward Spratley, cook, and Ellen Moorton: Marriage Lic.

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Spratley Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9181:188,97818,746
England3981:139,99513,620
Portugal2641:39,4632,350
Australia1101:245,41522,739
Canada471:783,94961,790
South Africa471:1,152,71766,933
Wales151:206,30213,003
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Scotland71:764,83125,488
France31:22,140,907385,998
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Jersey11:99,2026,620
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3211:75,9368,295
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3251:154,51914,268

Spratley Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sproatley,' a parish in East Riding of Yorks, seven miles from Hull, literally, the field that belonged to Sprot; v. Spratt.

1612. Edward Spratley, cook, and Ellen Moorton: Marriage Lic. (London).

1795. Married — Thomas Porter and Mary Spratley: St. George, Hanover Square.

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

(English) belonging to Sproatley (Yorks), Domesday Sprotele, Sprotelai=Sprota’s Lea [v. Sproat, Sprot(t, and + Middle English ley, Old English leáh, a lea]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Probably Sproatley, a parish in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Sproatley; a location name in Yorkshire.

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

Spratley Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spratley is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Spratley? popularity and diffusion

The last name Spratley is the 154,790th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 2,570,563 people. The surname Spratley occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 65 percent of Spratley are found; 65 percent are found in North America and 65 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname Spratley is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 1,918 people, or 1 in 188,978. In The United States it is most frequent in: Virginia, where 29 percent live, Maryland, where 11 percent live and New York, where 9 percent live. Outside of The United States Spratley exists in 18 countries. It is also common in England, where 14 percent live and Portugal, where 9 percent live.

Spratley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Spratley has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Spratley surname rose 590 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 124 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Spratley Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Spratley surname are 7.65% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 60.88% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Spratley earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 115.7% more than the national average, earning R 512,592 per year; in United States they earn 10.62% less than the national average, earning $38,567 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.08% more than the national average, earning $68,602 CAD per year.

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