Spry Surname

57,104th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,870 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Spry Surname Definition:

(English) The lively, alert person.

Spry Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,1421:70,4908,179
Australia1,5841:17,0432,391
England1,3071:42,6305,442
Canada5151:71,5458,161
New Zealand781:58,0559,120
Wales591:52,4504,823
Scotland481:111,5387,348
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Germany221:3,659,339158,771
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
India81:95,883,173728,828
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Tanzania31:17,647,204107,932
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
France31:22,140,907385,998
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Northern Ireland21:922,51818,701
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Malta11:430,2723,380
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8691:28,0503,800
Scotland61:623,86916,225
Wales51:313,68310,604
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8231:61,0196,703

Spry (23) may also be a first name.

Spry Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) The lively, alert person.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

"The name of Spry, Sprey, Spray, is Cornish, and signifies a sprout, branch, sprig, or slip of any matter or thing." Hals, in D. Gilbert's Cornwall, i. 29,-a very wide etymology. In the dialect of Somerset, and in the United States, ' spry ' means nimble, active, smart.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Burke says that this family, whose name he writes var. De Spre, De Spray, De Sprey, Spreye, Sprie, Sprye, Spry, Spray, and Sprey, was at a very early period seated in co. Devon, where several places bear the designation in its more ancient spelling, as Spreyton, Sprieton or Spryeton, Spray or Sprey, and Sprye Comb. Gilbert (quoting Hals) says: "spry, sprey, spray is Cornish, and signifies a sprout, branch, sprig, twig, split, or slip of any matter or thing." "In the dialect of Somerset, and in the United States, spry means nimble, active, smart," says Lower. If of Coruish origin, the name would corrupt from that of Prye, q. v.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

From the German, Spreu; a personal name.

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

The Cornish families of Spry hail originally from Devonshire, and came into the county of Cornwall in the reign of Henry VII. (M.). They found a home in Blisland, and a branch of the family established itself at Place, near St. Mawes. The Sprys and the Pyes sided with Cromwell and made themselves in consequence unpopular amongst the Cornish Royalists, who were wont to exclaim, after the style of the Litany, "From the Pyes and the Spryes, good Lord, deliver us!" (M.).

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

The Sprys were established in Tavistock in the 17th and 18th centuries (W. T.), and they still occur in the district.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Spry Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spry is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Spry click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spry? popularity and diffusion

The surname Spry is the 57,104th most frequently held surname globally, borne by around 1 in 821,595 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Spry reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 64 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,239,265th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 23 people.

The surname Spry is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 5,142 people, or 1 in 70,490. In The United States it is most frequent in: North Carolina, where 13 percent live, California, where 6 percent live and Florida, where 5 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Spry is found in 39 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 18 percent live and England, where 15 percent live.

Spry Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Spry has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Spry last name grew 625 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 150 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 1,180 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 800 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 92 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Spry Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Spry are 10.2% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.97% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Spry earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 124.28% more than the national average, earning R 532,968 per year; in United States they earn 5.57% less than the national average, earning $40,747 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.62% less than the national average, earning $47,388 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spray895,676/
Sprey89486/
Sprys89121/
Spryd8946/
Spryś8926/
Spruy8914/
Spryß893/
Spryt892/
Sproy891/
Sppry891/
Sprry890/
Spruyt803,448/
Sprysz8085/
Sprayt8059/
Spreys8031/
Spreyz8012/
Szpryt807/
Spryhs807/
Sprays806/
Sprych802/
Spraay801/
Spra7526/
Spre7520/
Spri7513/
Sprohys7321/
Szprych7319/
Sprysch7315/
Shpryts735/
Spruhys733/
Spruydt731/
Spruyts731/
Spree67870/
Sprio67613/
Sprea67357/
Sprei67202/
Spreu67117/
Spåre6790/
Sprie6777/
Spåra6767/
Sprij6742/
Sprit6734/
Spred6724/
Spret6710/
Sprez677/
Sprid677/
Shpri676/
Spres674/
Spréa672/
Sprai672/
Spriz672/
Sprée671/
Sppra671/
Spraj671/
Sphra671/
Sxprj671/
Shpra671/
Sprra671/
Spryňová671/
Spreč671/
Spris670/
Sphre670/
Sprer670/

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