Sporer Family History

South German (also Spörer): occupational name for a maker of spurs Middle High German sporære. It is also found in some central European countries e.g. in Czechia and Slovenia (see also below).

Croatian and Slovak (Šporer); Czech (also Šporer): of German origin (see 1 above). Germanized or Americanized form of Slovenian Šporar: occupational name from šporar ‘spurrier’ an archaic word of German origin (see 1 above).

In Slovenia this surname is also found in the form Šporer which is very rare (compare above).