Sprowles Surname

752,779th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 381 people bear this surname

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

Sprowles Surname Definition:

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

Sprowles Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3561:1,018,14374,968
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
England41:13,929,515290,718
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England141:1,741,09855,534
Wales91:174,2686,522
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States521:965,74457,486

Sprowles 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

Sprowles Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sprowles is most common in The United States. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Sprowles click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sprowles? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sprowles is the 752,779th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,127,417 people. The last name Sprowles occurs mostly in The Americas, where 31 percent of Sprowles live; 30 percent live in North America and 30 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 356 people, or 1 in 1,018,143. In The United States it is most frequent in: North Carolina, where 6 percent are found, Florida, where 6 percent are found and California, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 5 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Sprowles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sprowles has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sprowles surname rose 685 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 71 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sprowles Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Sprowles last name are 35.05% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 81.82% registered with the political party.

Sprowles earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.71% less than the national average, earning $42,409 USD per year.

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