Sprowle Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

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

Sprowle Surname Definition:

(English) Energetic, Active [Dialectal English: cp. Middle English sproul, Middle Scottish spreul, to sprawl, Old English spreáwlian, ‘to move convulsively’; whence also Devon. sproil, active, agile, and North. English (1781: EnglishD.S.) sprewl, ‘to spurn and kick .

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Sprowle Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:40,273,215872,126
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland31:1,476,62229,385
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States231:2,183,421107,224

Sprowle Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Energetic, Active [Dialectal English: cp. Middle English sproul, Middle Scottish spreul, to sprawl, Old English spreáwlian, ‘to move convulsively’; whence also Devon. sproil, active, agile, and North. English (1781: EnglishD.S.) sprewl, ‘to spurn and kick . . .’]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison
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Sprowle Demographics

Sprowle Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 3 (1901)

Religious Adherence
in Ireland

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Sprowle Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sprowle is found most frequently in The United States. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Sprowle.

How Common Is The Last Name Sprowle? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,360,413th most frequently used family name globally, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Sprowle occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Sprowle live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Sprowle is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 40,273,215. In The United States it is most numerous in: Colorado, where 44 percent live, Ohio, where 33 percent live and Kentucky, where 11 percent live.

Sprowle Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sprowle has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 61 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sprowle Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Sprowle surname is predominantly Catholic (33%) in Ireland.

Sprowle earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.18% more than the national average, earning $51,425 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sprowles93381/
Sprowl921,442/
Sprowel8610/
Sprowll860/
Sprowell80192/
Sprawler801/
Sprawles801/
Sprouble801/
Sprovles801/
Sprawley800/
Sprawl7724/
Sprawel710/
Spravil5710/
Spravel574/
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