Last Name SPURLING

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The son of Spirling, one of the endless suffixes in '-ing.' The 's' in Sperlings and Spillings is the genitive, as in Williams, Jones, and Simmonds, etc. The only other possible origin is a nickname; German 'sperling,' a sparrow.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 10,876 (2000 US census) 9,899 (1990 US census)
Count 2,687 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 88.05%, or 2366 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 8.75%, or 235 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.33%, or 9 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.26%, or 7 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.04%, or 28 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.56%, or 42 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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