Spurling Surname

91,972nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bermuda

Spurling Surname Definition:

= Spur1 (q.v.) + the (double) diminutive suff. -l-ing.: cp. the Ger. sperling, ‘sparrow’.

Spurling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,4361:105,48911,580
England9531:58,4667,003
Australia5551:48,6416,064
Canada671:549,93446,038
Bermuda511:1,280202
Northern Ireland241:76,8765,365
Ireland211:224,2358,707
New Zealand201:226,41621,878
South Africa151:3,611,847123,156
Scotland131:411,83217,291
France121:5,535,227269,324
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England4401:55,3996,592
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5051:99,44310,106

Spurling (11) may also be a first name.

Spurling Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

= Spur1 (q.v.) + the (double) diminutive suff. -l-ing.: cp. the Ger. sperling, ‘sparrow’.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One with some characteristic of a sparrow; dweller near a beam or pole; dweller at the sign of the sparrow.

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

Germ, sperling, a sparrow.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Spurling Last Name Facts

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

Spurling occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spurling? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 91,972nd most frequently occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 1,401,451 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Spurling are found; 62 percent are found in North America and 62 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Spurling is also the 3,487,849th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 11 people.

The surname Spurling is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 3,436 people, or 1 in 105,489. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Tennessee, where 9 percent are found, Indiana, where 9 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States it occurs in 29 countries. It is also found in England, where 18 percent are found and Australia, where 11 percent are found.

Spurling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Spurling has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Spurling last name rose 680 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 217 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 350 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Spurling Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Presbyterian (83%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Spurling surname are 24.08% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 70.85% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Spurling earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 11.28% less than the national average, earning R 210,840 per year; in United States they earn 7.89% less than the national average, earning $39,745 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.76% more than the national average, earning $59,502 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Speurling940/
Spurlin933,484/
Spurlng931/
Spirling8862/
Sporling888/
Spurlind881/
Spierling82518/
Spoorling820/
Spurlen8016/
Spoerrling781/
Spoerlin752/

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Spurling Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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