Spriggs Surname

39,004th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13,476 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Spriggs 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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Spriggs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,5891:37,7994,670
England2,0981:26,5583,626
Australia9701:27,8313,788
Canada3361:109,65911,761
New Zealand1591:28,4804,971
Wales701:44,2084,243
South Africa591:918,26658,838
Scotland551:97,3426,721
Ireland411:114,8525,857
Isle of Man151:5,7211,243
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Jersey121:8,2671,718
Bermuda101:6,5281,005
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
France21:33,211,361423,184
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland161:276,86711,455
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,4741:16,5372,414
Wales111:142,5835,610
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,5731:31,9253,842

Spriggs (19) may also be a first name.

Spriggs 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

Sprigg’s (Son): v. Sprigg.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(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

From the Dutch, Sprik; a personal name.

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

Spriggs Last Name Facts

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

Spriggs is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Spriggs? popularity and diffusion

It is the 39,004th most common surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 540,780 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 68 percent of Spriggs reside; 68 percent reside in North America and 67 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Spriggs is also the 2,523,061st most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 19 people.

Spriggs is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 9,589 people, or 1 in 37,799. In The United States Spriggs is most prevalent in: Maryland, where 21 percent live, Texas, where 10 percent live and Ohio, where 7 percent live. Excluding The United States it exists in 41 countries. It also occurs in England, where 16 percent live and Australia, where 7 percent live.

Spriggs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Spriggs has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Spriggs last name rose 610 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 142 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 636 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 1,833 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 256 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Spriggs Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (81%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Spriggs surname are 7.41% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 54.18% registered with the party.

The amount Spriggs earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 104.05% more than the national average, earning R 484,908 per year; in United States they earn 1.09% less than the national average, earning $42,678 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.85% less than the national average, earning $49,262 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sppriggs930/
Sprigg921,745/
Sprigs9261/
Spruggs863/
Spreggs861/
Spraigs860/
Sprig834/
Spriks7736/
Spregg7710/
Spraig774/
Sprieg771/
Sprygs771/
Spruig770/
Spregs770/
Sprigue711/
Spricks711/
Sprik67583/
Sprix671/
Spreg670/
Spraigue670/

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