Sprout Surname

234,133rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,721 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Sprout Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sprot,' Domesday (Derbyshire). For further instances, v. Sproat.

Henry Sprot, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Richard Sprot, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Simon Sprot, Bedfordshire, ibid.

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Sprout Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,4741:245,90223,432
South Africa1051:515,97841,519
Canada791:466,40040,200
England261:2,143,00282,017
New Zealand91:503,14733,029
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947
France11:66,422,722504,397
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England891:273,88119,201
Scotland41:935,80421,348
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5131:97,8929,961

Sprout (32) may also be a first name.

Sprout Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sprot,' Domesday (Derbyshire). For further instances, v. Sproat.

Henry Sprot, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Richard Sprot, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Simon Sprot, Bedfordshire, ibid.

John Sprot, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.

Agnes Sprote, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

1449. John Sprott de Surlingham, Norfolk: History of Norfolk.

1582. John Spratte and Elizabeth Wheatlye: Marriage Lic. (London).

1594. Edward Sprott or Spratt, Staffordshire: Register of the University of Oxford.

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

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sprot,' a Domesday personal name; v. Spratt, which is a variant.

1628. William Sproate, of Hornby: Lancashire Wills at Richmond.

1666. Henry Sprote, of Hornby, ibid.

1616. Christopher Sprote, of Tatham: ibid.

1623. Margaret Sprotte: ibid.

These last two are manifestly of one family. Their descendants are now found invariably as Sproat in Lancashire.

1733. Christopher Sproat, of Tatham: ibid.

— Susan Sproat, of Tatham: ibid.

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

Perhaps from Sprot, an Old English personal name, but more likely to be of Scandinavian origin (Redin, p. 8). The tradition of those bearing this name in Scotland is that their ancestors were Saxons who came into Scotland after the Norman Conquest of England. The first recorded of the name in Scotland appears to be Hugh Sprot of Ur who witnessed a charter by Eustace Baliol granting the church and lands of Hur (Urr) in 1262 to the monks of Holyrood (LSC., 81). Adam Spnit or Spr'ut was witness in Glasgow, c. 1290 (REG., p. 200). Richard Sprot of Bryset, Roxburghshire, is recorded in 1307 (Sc. Ant., V, p. 22), and Walter Sprot was tenant of Newtoun in Moffatdale, 1376 (RHM., I, p. lxii). William Sprout and John Sprout were elected lineators of Aberdeen, 1398 (CRA., p. 374), William Sprot was admitted burgess there in 1443, John Spnit in 1457, and William Sprut in 1479 (NSCM., I, p. 8, 15, 28). Robert Sprute, witness at Inuerarite, 1505 (REB., I, 222). Twelve of the name are in the Commissariot Record of Kirkcudbright between 1663-1800.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

The fish, analogous to Herring, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A probable corruption of Pratt, for Parratt, a diminutive of the French Pierre.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Sprout Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sprout is found most frequently in The United States. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sprout? popularity and diffusion

Sprout is the 234,133rd most commonly held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 4,234,483 people. Sprout is primarily found in The Americas, where 90 percent of Sprout live; 90 percent live in North America and 90 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,840,253rd most common first name globally It is held by 32 people.

The surname Sprout is most commonly used in The United States, where it is carried by 1,474 people, or 1 in 245,902. In The United States it is most numerous in: Pennsylvania, where 12 percent are found, Ohio, where 8 percent are found and Illinois, where 8 percent are found. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 18 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 6 percent are found and Canada, where 5 percent are found.

Sprout Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sprout has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sprout last name grew 287 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sprout Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Sprout are 17.39% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 64.16% registered with the party.

The amount Sprout earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 130.16% more than the national average, earning R 546,948 per year; in United States they earn 2.95% less than the national average, earning $41,878 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.36% more than the national average, earning $54,832 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sprouts9247/
Sproust923/
Sproute921/
Sproutt920/
Sprot91333/
Sprut9157/
Sprou912/
Spruyt833,448/
Spruit832,786/
Sprott832,696/
Sprute83546/
Spruth83404/
Sprous83134/
Szprot8386/
Shprot8374/
Sproet8363/
Spraut8329/
Sprote8320/
Sproit8315/
Szprut8311/
Sproud8310/
Sproup837/
Sprost835/
Sprotz832/
Sprutt831/
Sproux831/
Sprots830/
Sproth830/
Sproue830/
Sproot830/
Spro80150/
Spru804/
Spruijt772,051/
Sprotte771,116/
Sproedt7740/
Sprutte7729/
Spruitt776/
Sprosts776/
Sprucht774/
Spruiyt772/
Sproste772/
Sprotts771/
Sprousp771/
Sprouss771/
Shprote771/
Spruitz771/
Spruydt771/
Spruyte771/
Spruyts771/
Sprothe771/
Sproudd770/
Spruthe770/
Spraute770/
Sprau73692/
Sprus73172/
Sprod73148/
Spreu73117/
Sproß73111/
Spros7355/
Sprat7352/
Spruß7332/
Spruś7324/
Spruy7314/
Sproh734/
Sproy731/
Sproz731/
Spruh731/
Sprud730/
Sprue730/
Spruytte71473/
Sprutova717/
Szprucht712/
Spratt6711,932/
Spriet673,026/
Spross67723/
Spruch67678/
Sproch67350/
Spreux67215/
Spraus6797/
Sproed6761/
Sprayt6759/
Sprudd6758/
Spruzs6742/
Spruss6728/
Spreat6717/
Sprohs6714/
Shprotova6713/
Sprohe6713/
Spriyo679/
Sproop677/
Spraue676/
Sprate674/
Spreit674/
Sprait672/
Spreet671/
Spruiy671/
Sprush671/
Spraud671/
Shprud671/
Sproia671/
Sproya671/
Sprüth671/
Spruhe671/
Sproggitt670/
Spruid670/
Spraat670/
Sprats670/
Sprowe670/
Sproid670/
Spreud670/
Sprrat670/
Sprath670/

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