Sprigg Surname

231,565th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,745 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Sprigg Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sprig,' very probably a nick, of the personal name, Sprigin (v. Spriggin). This is the more likely as Sprigg and the genitive Spriggs are found chiefly in the neighbourhood of Norfolk, where Spriggins and Spurgeon, &c, arose.

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Sprigg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6841:529,91144,115
England5591:99,67510,532
Australia4261:63,3707,610
Canada411:898,67368,969
Sweden121:820,56361,223
Wales101:309,45316,869
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland21:2,214,93333,683
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England3141:77,6298,424
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4821:104,18810,499

Sprigg Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sprig,' very probably a nick, of the personal name, Sprigin (v. Spriggin). This is the more likely as Sprigg and the genitive Spriggs are found chiefly in the neighbourhood of Norfolk, where Spriggins and Spurgeon, &c, arose.

1607. Married —William Sprig, blacksmith, and Grace Percye: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1672. Buried — Mary Spriggs: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1655. — Lidia, wife of John Sprigg: ibid.

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

(Teutonic) a nickname from the O.Low Ger. word seen in Mod.L.Ger. sprikk, Frisian sprik(ke, Old Norse sprek, a stick, twig, Old English sprœc, a shoot, twig.

Sprig.—A small, slender person.—Lonsdale Gloss., p. 79.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

“Small, slender person” in Old English.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(English) A small, slender person, one so called from some resemblance to a stick or twig.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Sprigg Last Name Facts

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

Sprigg is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sprigg? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 231,565th most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,176,244 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 40 percent of Sprigg live; 40 percent live in North America and 40 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 684 people, or 1 in 529,911. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 15 percent are found, Florida, where 11 percent are found and Maryland, where 7 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in England, where 32 percent are found and Australia, where 24 percent are found.

Sprigg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sprigg has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 142 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 178 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sprigg Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Sprigg last name is predominantly Catholic (50%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Sprigg surname are 12.19% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 58.96% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sprigg earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.09% more than the national average, earning $46,210 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.18% more than the national average, earning $58,219 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spriggs9213,476/
Sprig914/
Sppriggs860/
Sprigs8361/
Spregg8310/
Spraig834/
Sprieg831/
Spruig830/
Sprigue771/
Spreggs771/
Spraigs770/
Sprik73583/
Sprug7320/
Sprix731/
Spreg730/
Spraigue710/
Sprick672,510/
Spreag6743/
Spreik676/
Spritc675/
Spraic674/
Sprygs671/
Spregk671/
Shprik671/
Shpric671/
Sprike670/
Spregs670/
Sprayg670/

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