Sprott Family History

Sprott Surname Meaning

English and Scottish: nickname perhaps for a small person from Middle English sprot sprat (Old English sprott) ‘small species of herring sprat’. It may also have been used as a personal name.

English and Scottish: nickname perhaps for a small thin person from Middle English sprote sprotte (Old English sprota sprot) ‘shoot twig rod’. It is an alternative source of the Old English and early Middle English personal name Sprot (see above).

It gave rise to Sprott and Sproat and was more or less synonymous with Middle English sprout ‘(new) shoot of a plant bud’.

German: probably a habitational name from any of the places called Sprotte (Westphalia Saxony-Anhalt) Sprotta (Silesia).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Strutt, Sprout, Pott, Syrett, Sproat, Spratt, Spotts, Shott, Brott, Slott

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Where is the Sprott family from?

You can see how Sprott families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Sprott family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Sprott families were found in USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 33 Sprott families living in Northumberland. This was about 21% of all the recorded Sprott's in United Kingdom. Northumberland had the highest population of Sprott families in 1891.

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What did your Sprott ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Solicitor and Unpaid domestic duties were the top reported jobs for men and women in the United Kingdom named Sprott. 100% of Sprott men worked as a Solicitor and 88% of Sprott women worked as an Unpaid domestic duties.

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Solicitor

100%

Unpaid domestic duties

88%

Private means

Domestic duties

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What is the average Sprott lifespan?

Between 1951 and 2004, in the United States, Sprott life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1951, and highest in 1996. The average life expectancy for Sprott in 1951 was 37, and 90 in 2004.

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Sprott Surname Meaning

It gave rise to Sprott and Sproat and was more or less synonymous with Middle English sprout ‘(new) shoot of a plant bud’.

German: probably a habitational name from any of the places called Sprotte (Westphalia Saxony-Anhalt) Sprotta (Silesia).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Where is the Sprott family from?

What did your Sprott ancestors do for a living?

Data not to scale

We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Solicitor

100%

Unpaid domestic duties

88%

Private means

Domestic duties

What Sprott family records will you find?

What is the average Sprott lifespan?

Between 1951 and 2004, in the United States, Sprott life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1951, and highest in 1996. The average life expectancy for Sprott in 1951 was 37, and 90 in 2004.

Sprott Family History

Sprott Surname Meaning

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