Sproul Surname

91,343rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,242 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Sproul Surname Definition:

(English) One who spoke in a slow, drawling voice.

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Sproul Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,8461:94,24310,584
Canada6011:61,3077,184
Scotland2701:19,8292,316
England2471:225,57918,901
Australia1611:167,67517,258
Jamaica331:86,9683,873
New Zealand311:146,07517,002
South Africa231:2,355,55298,611
Wales71:442,07621,198
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Macau11:601,6301,582
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
France11:66,422,722504,397
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland221:201,3589,557
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland3151:11,8831,445
England621:393,15123,809
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0811:46,4565,348

Sproul (11) may also be a first name.

Sproul Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) One who spoke in a slow, drawling voice.

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

User-submitted Reference

The name originated as a title given to Walter the Spruel around 1400 in Scotland.

There are two prevalent lines of thought for the meaning:

  1. spry or agile
  2. sprawling or spreading

The second is more likely.

- Lawrence Sproul

Sproul Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sproul occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sproul? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 91,343rd most frequently occurring surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,390,222 people. The surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 80 percent of Sproul live; 80 percent live in North America and 79 percent live in Anglo-North America. Sproul is also the 3,487,849th most common first name worldwide It is held by 11 people.

The surname is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 3,846 people, or 1 in 94,243. In The United States Sproul is mostly concentrated in: California, where 11 percent live, Maine, where 6 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Not including The United States this last name exists in 24 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 11 percent live and Scotland, where 5 percent live.

Sproul Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sproul has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sproul last name expanded 356 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 14 percent between 1881 and 2014; in England it expanded 398 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Sproul Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (59%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Sproul surname are 7.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.17% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sproul earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 87.54% more than the national average, earning R 445,656 per year; in United States they earn 4.47% more than the national average, earning $45,077 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.39% less than the national average, earning $48,993 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sproule925,469/
Sproull922,124/
Sprouel927/
Sprol913/
Sprul912/
Sproulle8624/
Sproujle8610/
Sprouell860/
Sproll83892/
Spraul83574/
Sprole83209/
Spruel83178/
Sprull83159/
Spruil8331/
Sprule832/
Sprool832/
Sproel831/
Sprrul831/
Spreul831/
Sprold830/
Sprohl830/
Spruill779,601/
Spruell772,242/
Spruiel77180/
Sprauel77167/
Spreull7740/
Sprowel7710/
Spraull774/
Spraule773/
Sprulle772/
Sproill771/
Sprugli771/
Spruoll771/
Spruile770/
Sprotel770/
Sproole770/
Sprolle770/
Sprusel770/
Spral730/
Spruiell71999/
Sprowell71192/
Spruille7189/
Spreutel7148/
Sprossel7133/
Spreuill716/
Sprutell712/
Sprotell711/
Spreioll710/
Sprucill710/
Spriel67105/
Spruielle6710/
Sprzal674/
Spratl672/
Spreel671/
Spralt671/
Sprale671/
Sprall671/
Sprail670/
Spraal670/
Sprael670/

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Sproul Reference & Research

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