Spille Family History
- Spille Name Meaning
- German and Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a spindle maker, from Middle High German spinnel, spindel, spille, Middle Low German spinele, spille; Middle Dutch spille ‘spindle’. In some cases, the surname may have arisen from a nickname for a very thin person or someone with spindly legs.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 8,530 Historical Documents with Spille on Ancestry
- 3,590 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,374 Census and Voter Lists
- 558 Military Records
- 719 Immigration Records
- 2,289 Member Trees
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Number of Spille families
 6 - 10  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Spille census records
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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