Sprigens Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Sprigens Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sprigin,' a variant of the old Norfolk personal name, now immortalized as Spurgeon, which see. The genitive of Spriggin is Spriggins; compare Williams, Jones, Tompkins, &c.

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Sprigens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:1,741,18971,393
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933

Sprigens Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sprigin,' a variant of the old Norfolk personal name, now immortalized as Spurgeon, which see. The genitive of Spriggin is Spriggins; compare Williams, Jones, Tompkins, &c.

William Sprigin, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Spriginus (without surname), Norfolk, c. 12th cent.: History of Norfolk.

Roger Spriggens, Norfolk: ibid.

1559. Buried — Roger Sprigen, servant with John Hawley, draper: St. Michael, Cornbill.

1620. Married — Robert Spriggins and Ann Linnell: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1664. — Timothy Spriggin and Edith Lee: ibid.

Spurgeon and Spurgin (which see) are the modern Norfolk forms of the surname.

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

= Spriggins, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Sprigens Last Name Facts

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

Sprigens occurs most in England. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sprigens? popularity and diffusion

The last name Sprigens is the 3,485,539th most frequent family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. Sprigens is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sprigens live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most frequent in England, where it is held by 32 people, or 1 in 1,741,189. In England it is most frequent in: Greater London, where 31 percent are found, Berkshire, where 22 percent are found and Leicestershire, where 22 percent are found.

Sprigens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sprigens has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Sprigens last name increased 267 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spriggens94108/
Spridgens9433/
Sprigns931/
Spragens88154/
Sprigins882/
Spergens880/
Spregens880/
Spriggins82293/
Spurgeons824/
Spragenes821/
Spragins75418/
Spargins751/
Sprogins750/
Supriaginas741/
Spraggins713,206/
Sproggins715/
Spruggins710/
Sparaggins672/
Speraggins671/
Spyrogiannis6083/
Spirogiannis608/

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