Sprunt Surname

626,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 489 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Scotland

Sprunt Surname Definition:

(English) Active, Vigorous [Dialectal English; Old English spryn(g)d]

Sprunt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1661:2,183,488137,532
Australia1011:267,28424,253
England791:705,29239,851
Canada641:575,71247,839
Scotland421:127,4727,985
South Africa341:1,593,46280,086
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland1291:29,0172,526
England751:325,00521,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

Sprunt Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Active, Vigorous [Dialectal English; Old English spryn(g)d]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

For Esperon. Ranulph and Fulcher D’Esperon, Norm. 1180- 95; Durand E. or de E. 1198 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Thomas Esperun, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

From the Danish, Sprunck; from the German, Sprung; personal name (?).

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

Sprunt Last Name Facts

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

Sprunt is found most frequently in The United States. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sprunt? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 626,382nd most commonly occurring family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 14,902,957 people. The last name Sprunt is mostly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Sprunt live; 42 percent live in North America and 42 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Sprunt is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 2,183,488. In The United States Sprunt is mostly concentrated in: North Carolina, where 17 percent live, Utah, where 14 percent live and California, where 12 percent live. Outside of The United States this last name is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 21 percent live and England, where 16 percent live.

Sprunt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sprunt has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 474 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 105 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sprunt Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Sprunt last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Sprunt are 4.34% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.11% being registered with the political party.

The amount Sprunt earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 104.44% more than the national average, earning R 485,832 per year; in United States they earn 23.88% more than the national average, earning $53,451 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.98% less than the national average, earning $44,228 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sprount920/
Sprun919/
Sprung835,080/
Spruin8359/
Shprun836/
Sprund830/
Spruhn830/
Spront830/
Sphrun830/
Sprunck77494/
Shprung7789/
Sprungk7785/
Shprunk7710/
Shprunh776/
Szprung772/
Sprunng771/
Sprusen770/
Spron738/
Sprum736/
Sprauten7164/
Sprouting6723/
Šprunk678/
Šprung678/
Šprunc676/
Sprond670/
Sproone620/
Šprůnc501/

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