Spruce Surname

149,114th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,963 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Spruce Surname Definition:

Like the adjective, probably derived from Prussia. But see Charnock's Verba Nominalia.

Spruce Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1,5771:35,3324,655
United States8331:435,12537,469
Australia2521:107,12611,994
Canada981:375,97533,576
Wales811:38,2043,749
Scotland351:152,9669,000
Guernsey221:2,929767
Northern Ireland131:141,9267,751
Belgium111:1,045,14978,166
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
Falkland Islands41:783169
France21:33,211,361423,184
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6111:39,8945,070
Scotland41:935,80421,348
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2651:189,50416,696

Spruce (89) may also be a first name.

Spruce Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Like the adjective, probably derived from Prussia. But see Charnock's Verba Nominalia.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the Dutch, Spross; from the German, Sprosse, Spruch; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Spruce Last Name Facts

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

The last name Spruce is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spruce? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 149,114th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,459,516 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 59 percent of Spruce live; 58 percent live in Northern Europe and 58 percent live in British Isles. It is also the 1,011,231st most frequently used given name worldwide, held by 89 people.

This last name is most commonly held in England, where it is carried by 1,577 people, or 1 in 35,332. In England it is most common in: Cheshire, where 21 percent are found, Staffordshire, where 11 percent are found and West Midlands, where 11 percent are found. Excluding England this surname occurs in 24 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.

Spruce Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Spruce has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Spruce last name grew 258 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 314 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 8,100 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 875 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Spruce Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Spruce surname are 8.65% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.42% registered with the political party.

The amount Spruce earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 22.44% more than the national average, earning R 290,964 per year; in United States they earn 0.82% less than the national average, earning $42,794 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.62% more than the national average, earning $56,452 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sprouce9238/
Sprauce921/
Spruces921/
Sprucer920/
Spruch83678/
Spruge8396/
Spruse833/
Sprouse7710,665/
Szpruch77249/
Sprauge7768/
Spruger7710/
Spruchi774/
Sprause774/
Sprucht774/
Sprugge771/
Szpruca771/
Sprudge771/
Sprouge771/
Sprauxe771/
Sprudze771/
Sprauch770/
Sprugie770/
Spruker770/
Sprus73172/
Spruß7332/
Spruś7324/
Szprucht712/
Sprouses712/
Spruchys711/
Sprauger710/
Spreuger710/
Spraugee710/
Sprous67134/
Spraus6797/
Spruzs6742/
Spruza6742/
Spruhs6733/
Spruss6728/
Sprose6714/
Sprugi671/
Sprush671/
Sprausser671/

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Spruce Reference & Research

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Sprouse FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Spruce
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