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    The surname Spittle

    A German occupational surname, carried by 582 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S134

    Spittle: #38,103 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Spittle #38,103, 582 people Spittle: #38,103 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Spittle #38,103, 582 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spittle is more common than 76.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Two main origins: * From Middle English spitel (“lodging house”), an occupational surname for someone who was employed at a lodging house. * Americanized spelling of German Spittel, a metonymic occupational surname for someone who worked in an infirmary, from Middle High German spital (“hospital”).

    Spittle is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 582 people named Spittle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 530,491 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 573.

    #38,103
    rank among US surnames
    582
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #36,761)

    Who is named Spittle

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Spittle identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Spittle

    Spittle has the Soundex code S134, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S134.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Spittle come from?
    Two main origins: * From Middle English spitel (“lodging house”), an occupational surname for someone who was employed at a lodging house. * Americanized spelling of German Spittel, a metonymic occupational surname for someone who worked in an infirmary, from Middle High German spital (“hospital”).
    How common is the surname Spittle?
    582 people in the United States had the surname Spittle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 530,491 Americans. It ranked 38,103rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Spittle?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Spittle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Spittle?
    Spittle is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Spittle getting more or less common?
    More common. 573 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 582 in 2010, up 1.6%.