Sproston Surname

229,425th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,766 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Sproston 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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Sproston Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,2831:43,4285,522
United States2011:1,803,278118,231
Canada801:460,57039,784
Wales521:59,5105,360
South Africa481:1,128,70266,097
Australia391:692,19746,687
Guyana101:76,2225,818
New Zealand101:452,83231,784
Switzerland91:912,54658,198
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Northern Ireland61:307,50612,899
Germany51:16,101,092397,699
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England5741:42,4665,350
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Sproston 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

(English) belonging to Sproston (Chesh.), 14th cent. Sprouston = Sprot’s Estate [v. Sprot(t, and + Old English tún]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

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

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Sprowston; a location name in Norfolk.

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

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

Sproston Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sproston (Russian: Спростон) is found most in England. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sproston? popularity and diffusion

It is the 229,425th most frequently held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 4,126,583 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 78 percent of Sproston reside; 77 percent reside in Northern Europe and 77 percent reside in British Isles.

It is most common in England, where it is borne by 1,283 people, or 1 in 43,428. In England Sproston is mostly found in: Cheshire, where 25 percent live, Staffordshire, where 23 percent live and Greater Manchester, where 11 percent live. Not including England this last name exists in 21 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 11 percent live and Canada, where 5 percent live.

Sproston Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sproston has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Sproston surname rose 224 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 1,436 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 5,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sproston Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Sproston last name are 7.48% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60.71% registered with the party.

The amount Sproston earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 63.21% more than the national average, earning R 387,840 per year; in United States they earn 8.26% less than the national average, earning $39,585 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.09% more than the national average, earning $50,225 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sprouston940/
Sproxton88257/
Spruston8854/
Sprostan882/
Spreston881/
Sprooton880/
Spraston880/
Spraton802/
Spratton755/
Szprotoń751/
Spratan671/
Sprathan631/

Sproston Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sproston in the Russian language
Спростонsproston-

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