Sproats Surname

1,649,806th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 121 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Sproats Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sproats Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England771:723,61140,488
Australia321:843,61652,533
United States81:45,307,367917,113
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England321:761,73034,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Sproats Last Name Facts

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

Sproats is borne by more people in England than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sproats? popularity and diffusion

Sproats is the 1,649,806th most frequently occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 64 percent of Sproats live; 64 percent live in Northern Europe and 64 percent live in British Isles.

The last name Sproats is most prevalent in England, where it is carried by 77 people, or 1 in 723,611. In England it is most prevalent in: Cheshire, where 30 percent reside, Cambridgeshire, where 12 percent reside and Kent, where 12 percent reside. Apart from England Sproats is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 26 percent reside and The United States, where 7 percent reside.

Sproats Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sproats has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Sproats last name rose 241 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 133 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sproats Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Sproats earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 91.2% more than the national average, earning $82,500 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.13% more than the national average, earning $55,214 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sproat922,639/
Sproatt8696/
Sproate8624/
Sproads861/
Sproha7732/
Spraos7718/
Sproah770/
Sproad770/
Spraout714/
Spraou622/
Sproho622/

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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
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  • 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 Sproats
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