Last Name SPURGEON

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Meaning The son of Sprigun. It is evidently an old and long-forgotten Scandinavian personal name. It occurs there so early as 1273. The spelling of the surname is imitative, a copy of 'surgeon.'
Origin English, Jewish, Irish

Rank 4,688 (2000 US census) 4,545 (1990 US census)
Count 6,909 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 90.26%, or 6236 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 5.3%, or 366 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.39%, or 27 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.59%, or 41 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.52%, or 105 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.94%, or 134 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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