Sproul Surname
Approximately 5,242 people bear this surname
Sproul Surname Definition:
(English) One who spoke in a slow, drawling voice.
Read More About This SurnameSproul Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,846 | 1:94,243 | 10,584 |
| Canada | 601 | 1:61,307 | 7,184 |
| Scotland | 270 | 1:19,829 | 2,316 |
| England | 247 | 1:225,579 | 18,901 |
| Australia | 161 | 1:167,675 | 17,258 |
| Jamaica | 33 | 1:86,968 | 3,873 |
| New Zealand | 31 | 1:146,075 | 17,002 |
| South Africa | 23 | 1:2,355,552 | 98,611 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Panama | 3 | 1:1,304,086 | 13,647 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 22 | 1:201,358 | 9,557 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 315 | 1:11,883 | 1,445 |
| England | 62 | 1:393,151 | 23,809 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,081 | 1:46,456 | 5,348 |
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.
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:
- spry or agile
- sprawling or spreading
The second is more likely.
- Lawrence SproulSproul Demographics
Average Male Sproul Height
177.61 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sproule | 92 | 5,469 | / |
| Sproull | 92 | 2,124 | / |
| Sprouel | 92 | 7 | / |
| Sprol | 91 | 3 | / |
| Sprul | 91 | 2 | / |
| Sproulle | 86 | 24 | / |
| Sproujle | 86 | 10 | / |
| Sprouell | 86 | 0 | / |
| Sproll | 83 | 892 | / |
| Spraul | 83 | 574 | / |
| Sprole | 83 | 209 | / |
| Spruel | 83 | 178 | / |
| Sprull | 83 | 159 | / |
| Spruil | 83 | 31 | / |
| Sprule | 83 | 2 | / |
| Sprool | 83 | 2 | / |
| Sproel | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sprrul | 83 | 1 | / |
| Spreul | 83 | 1 | / |
| Sprold | 83 | 0 | / |
| Sprohl | 83 | 0 | / |
| Spruill | 77 | 9,601 | / |
| Spruell | 77 | 2,242 | / |
| Spruiel | 77 | 180 | / |
| Sprauel | 77 | 167 | / |
| Spreull | 77 | 40 | / |
| Sprowel | 77 | 10 | / |
| Spraull | 77 | 4 | / |
| Spraule | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sprulle | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sproill | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sprugli | 77 | 1 | / |
| Spruoll | 77 | 1 | / |
| Spruile | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sprotel | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sproole | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sprolle | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sprusel | 77 | 0 | / |
| Spral | 73 | 0 | / |
| Spruiell | 71 | 999 | / |
| Sprowell | 71 | 192 | / |
| Spruille | 71 | 89 | / |
| Spreutel | 71 | 48 | / |
| Sprossel | 71 | 33 | / |
| Spreuill | 71 | 6 | / |
| Sprutell | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sprotell | 71 | 1 | / |
| Spreioll | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sprucill | 71 | 0 | / |
| Spriel | 67 | 105 | / |
| Spruielle | 67 | 10 | / |
| Sprzal | 67 | 4 | / |
| Spratl | 67 | 2 | / |
| Spreel | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spralt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sprale | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sprall | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sprail | 67 | 0 | / |
| Spraal | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sprael | 67 | 0 | / |
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Sproul Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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