Sprosson Surname

2,661,929th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 53 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Sprosson Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sproston,' a township in the parish of Middlewich, Cheshire With Sproston and Sprosson, compare Snelston and Snelson in the same district.

Thomas Cranage, of Sproston, 1618: Wills at Chester.

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Sprosson Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England521:1,071,50151,923
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534

Sprosson Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Sproston,' a township in the parish of Middlewich, Cheshire With Sproston and Sprosson, compare Snelston and Snelson in the same district.

Thomas Cranage, of Sproston, 1618: Wills at Chester.

Ralph Sproston, of Middlewich: ibid.

Robert Sproston, of the city of Chester, alderman, 1663: ibid. (1660-80)1.

1789. Married — John Sproson and Susanna Walker: St. George, Hanover Square.

1797. — Samuel Sproston and Elizabeth Kendall: ibid.

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

A township in Cheshire, in which county the family still reside.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The Sprostons derived their name from a township in the county. Their present home is in the Nantwich district. Robert Sproston was mayor of Chester in 1638 (H.).

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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Sprosson Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sprosson is found in England more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sprosson.

How Common Is The Last Name Sprosson? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,661,929th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. The surname Sprosson is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Sprosson live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 100 percent live in British Isles.

This surname is most numerous in England, where it is held by 52 people, or 1 in 1,071,501. In England it is primarily found in: Wiltshire, where 40 percent live, Greater London, where 17 percent live and Devon, where 15 percent live. Not including England this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Ireland, where 2 percent live.

Sprosson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sprosson has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Sprosson last name increased 371 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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