Spurgin Surname

190,637th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,213 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Spurgin 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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Spurgin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,8491:196,03019,332
England1831:304,47023,072
Australia1471:183,64418,462
Scotland71:764,83125,488
Wales51:618,90625,852
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
France11:66,422,722504,397
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1401:174,11014,584
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2751:182,61316,219

The alternate forms: Spürgin (22) & Špurgin (1) are calculated separately.

Spurgin (15) may also be a first name.

Spurgin 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

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

Spurgin Last Name Facts

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

Spurgin is found most in The United States. It may also be found as: Spürgin or Špurgin. For other potential spellings of Spurgin click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spurgin? popularity and diffusion

The surname Spurgin is the 190,637th most widespread surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 3,293,062 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 84 percent of Spurgin reside; 83 percent reside in North America and 83 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 15 people.

Spurgin is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 1,849 people, or 1 in 196,030. In The United States Spurgin is most frequent in: Texas, where 29 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Nevada, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States it is found in 17 countries. It is also found in England, where 8 percent live and Australia, where 7 percent live.

Spurgin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Spurgin has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Spurgin last name expanded 672 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 131 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Spurgin Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Spurgin surname are 13.55% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.32% being registered with the political party.

Spurgin earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.12% less than the national average, earning $42,667 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spürgin9522/
Špurgin951/
Spurging9312/
Spurgain930/
Spurin9251/
Spurgienė884/
Spurina8640/
Spurgen8619/
Shpurin863/
Spuring863/
Spurein861/
Spirgin860/
Spurn8333/
Spurring8033/
Spurgeen801/
Spurgoen801/
Spurguen801/
Spaursin800/
Spurgent800/
Spurrien800/
Sporin77120/
Spuren772/
Spurnt771/
Spuryn771/
Spurhn770/
Spurne770/
Spirgienė751/
Spureisen750/
Shporin7140/
Spirgen7116/
Shpuren715/
Szporin712/
Sporgen711/
Spurzen711/
Spurgem711/
Spurjen710/
Sporn671,822/
Spurnova674/
Špurienė671/

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