Spruce Surname
Approximately 2,963 people bear this surname
Spruce Surname Definition:
Like the adjective, probably derived from Prussia. But see Charnock's Verba Nominalia.
Spruce Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
England | 1,577 | 1:35,332 | 4,655 |
United States | 833 | 1:435,125 | 37,469 |
Australia | 252 | 1:107,126 | 11,994 |
Canada | 98 | 1:375,975 | 33,576 |
Wales | 81 | 1:38,204 | 3,749 |
Scotland | 35 | 1:152,966 | 9,000 |
Guernsey | 22 | 1:2,929 | 767 |
Northern Ireland | 13 | 1:141,926 | 7,751 |
Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
Falkland Islands | 4 | 1:783 | 169 |
France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
England | 611 | 1:39,894 | 5,070 |
Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 265 | 1:189,504 | 16,696 |
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.
From the Dutch, Spross; from the German, Sprosse, Spruch; a personal name.
Spruce Demographics
Average Male Spruce Height
177.86 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
---|---|---|---|
Sprouce | 92 | 38 | / |
Sprauce | 92 | 1 | / |
Spruces | 92 | 1 | / |
Sprucer | 92 | 0 | / |
Spruch | 83 | 678 | / |
Spruge | 83 | 96 | / |
Spruse | 83 | 3 | / |
Sprouse | 77 | 10,665 | / |
Szpruch | 77 | 249 | / |
Sprauge | 77 | 68 | / |
Spruger | 77 | 10 | / |
Spruchi | 77 | 4 | / |
Sprause | 77 | 4 | / |
Sprucht | 77 | 4 | / |
Sprugge | 77 | 1 | / |
Szpruca | 77 | 1 | / |
Sprudge | 77 | 1 | / |
Sprouge | 77 | 1 | / |
Sprauxe | 77 | 1 | / |
Sprudze | 77 | 1 | / |
Sprauch | 77 | 0 | / |
Sprugie | 77 | 0 | / |
Spruker | 77 | 0 | / |
Sprus | 73 | 172 | / |
Spruß | 73 | 32 | / |
Spruś | 73 | 24 | / |
Szprucht | 71 | 2 | / |
Sprouses | 71 | 2 | / |
Spruchys | 71 | 1 | / |
Sprauger | 71 | 0 | / |
Spreuger | 71 | 0 | / |
Spraugee | 71 | 0 | / |
Sprous | 67 | 134 | / |
Spraus | 67 | 97 | / |
Spruzs | 67 | 42 | / |
Spruza | 67 | 42 | / |
Spruhs | 67 | 33 | / |
Spruss | 67 | 28 | / |
Sprose | 67 | 14 | / |
Sprugi | 67 | 1 | / |
Sprush | 67 | 1 | / |
Sprausser | 67 | 1 | / |
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Spruce Reference & Research
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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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