Last Name SPURGIN

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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, Irish

Rank 23,683 (2000 US census) 19,960 (1990 US census)
Count 998 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 96.39%, or 962 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.8%, or 8 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.3%, or 13 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.2%, or 12 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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