Last Name SPROUL

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	Not available

Origin	Irish

Rank	10,142 (2000 US census)	8,690 (1990 US census)

Count	2,920 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

92.53%, or 2702 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.46%, or 101 total occurrences, as black,
0.48%, or 14 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.45%, or 13 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.37%, or 40 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.71%, or 50 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...