Spurling Surname
Approximately 5,200 people bear this surname
Spurling Surname Definition:
= Spur1 (q.v.) + the (double) diminutive suff. -l-ing.: cp. the Ger. sperling, ‘sparrow’.
Spurling Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3,436 | 1:105,489 | 11,580 |
| England | 953 | 1:58,466 | 7,003 |
| Australia | 555 | 1:48,641 | 6,064 |
| Canada | 67 | 1:549,934 | 46,038 |
| Bermuda | 51 | 1:1,280 | 202 |
| Northern Ireland | 24 | 1:76,876 | 5,365 |
| Ireland | 21 | 1:224,235 | 8,707 |
| New Zealand | 20 | 1:226,416 | 21,878 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Scotland | 13 | 1:411,832 | 17,291 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:19,840 | 3,614 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6 | 1:738,311 | 21,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 440 | 1:55,399 | 6,592 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 505 | 1:99,443 | 10,106 |
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’.
(English) One with some characteristic of a sparrow; dweller near a beam or pole; dweller at the sign of the sparrow.
Germ, sperling, a sparrow.
Spurling Demographics
Average Spurling Salary in
United States
$39,745 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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.
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Spurling Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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