Spurgeon Surname

43,850th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,853 people bear this surname

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

Spurgeon Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sprigin.' There can be little doubt about this. It is evidently an old and long-forgotten Scandinavian personal name. Norfolk is the home. It occurs there so early as 1273.

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Spurgeon Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9,3131:38,9204,801
England1,4101:39,5165,105
Canada4251:86,6969,595
Australia1671:161,65116,786
Saudi Arabia1591:194,06229,524
India761:10,092,966194,472
Wales451:68,7676,014
Jamaica411:69,9993,452
Nigeria371:4,787,642126,894
New Zealand361:125,78715,451
South Africa361:1,504,93677,557
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Scotland131:411,83217,291
Mexico121:10,343,85040,270
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Tonga11:107,313791
Dominica11:75,891912
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
France11:66,422,722504,397
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England9511:25,6313,525
Wales21:784,20816,349
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1061:45,4065,254

Spurgeon (1,299) may also be a first name.

Spurgeon Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Sprigin.' There can be little doubt about this. It is evidently an old and long-forgotten Scandinavian personal name. Norfolk is the home. It occurs there so early as 1273. The spelling of the surname is imitative, a copy of surgeon. For further instances and proof, v. Spriggin.

William Sprigin, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Simon Sprugin, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Ralph Spraging, 1622: Marriage Lic. (London).

1566. Robert Spurgynne, vicar of Fouldon, Norfolk: Ft.

John Spurgeon, mayor of Yarmouth, 1712: ibid.

1764. Baptised — Daniel, s. Daniel Spurgeon: St. Peter, Cornhill.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Said to be palatalized metathetic forms of the 13th-cent. Norfolk Sprigin, through the 16th-cent. form Spurgynne (v. Spriggin). This is not impossible; but Spurgeon would readily represent a conceivable nickname ‘Spur-John’.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Diminutive of Sporre (Sporrechen).

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

The name of Spurgeon may be a corruption of Spigurnel, the name of an ancient family owning the manor of Stondon, Essex, in the 13th and 14th centuries (W.). Spygurnel and Spigurnel were Norfolk names in the 13th century, and Spugin occurred in Cambridgeshire at the same period (H. R.). According to Camden, a "spigurnel" was a sealer of writs, an office hereditary for a time to the Bohuns of Midhurst, Sussex. John Spurgeon was mayor of Yarmouth in 1698, and in 1762 Mr. Spurgion lived at Anmere in the same county of Norfolk (Blomefield's "Norfolk").

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

Spurgeon Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spurgeon occurs most in The United States. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Spurgeon? popularity and diffusion

The last name Spurgeon is the 43,850th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 614,827 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Spurgeon live; 82 percent live in North America and 82 percent live in Anglo-North America. Spurgeon is also the 218,348th most frequently used given name world-wide It is held by 1,299 people.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 9,313 people, or 1 in 38,920. In The United States Spurgeon is most numerous in: Missouri, where 10 percent reside, Texas, where 9 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside. Excluding The United States it occurs in 44 countries. It is also found in England, where 12 percent reside and Canada, where 4 percent reside.

Spurgeon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Spurgeon has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 842 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 148 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 2,250 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 1,400 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 1,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Spurgeon Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Spurgeon last name are 20.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 67.58% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Spurgeon earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 26.23% less than the national average, earning R 175,296 per year; in United States they earn 1.81% less than the national average, earning $42,369 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.82% more than the national average, earning $53,567 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spurngeon942/
Spuergeon941/
Spurgueon941/
Spureon932/
Sporgeon8810/
Spurgion886/
Spurjeon883/
Spureeon882/
Spurgeun882/
Spurgean882/
Spurseon880/
Spurgian750/
Spurjan671/

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