Find out how popular the last name Spruiel is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Spruiel.

Spruiel, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Spruiel surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Spruiel in America

Spruiel is the 159712th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Spruiel surname appeared 101 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Spruiel.

The history of the last name Spruiel

The surname SPRUIEL is believed to have originated in England, likely in the 16th or 17th century. It is thought to be a variant spelling of the surname Spruel or Spruill, which may have derived from the Old English word "spriu," meaning a small tree or shrub.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name SPRUIEL can be found in the parish records of St. Mary's Church in Warwickshire, England, where a John SPRUIEL was listed as being baptized in 1637. This suggests that the name was already in use and established in that region by the early 17th century.

In the late 17th century, there are records of a Thomas SPRUIEL who was a landowner in the county of Norfolk, England. He was born around 1650 and lived until the early 1700s, leaving behind several children who carried on the SPRUIEL name.

During the 18th century, the SPRUIEL surname began to appear more frequently in various parts of England, particularly in the counties of Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, and Suffolk. One notable individual from this time period was William SPRUIEL, a merchant and ship owner who was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, in 1725 and died in 1798.

As the British Empire expanded, some individuals with the SPRUIEL surname migrated to other parts of the world, including North America and the Caribbean. For example, there are records of a James SPRUIEL who was born in Barbados in the late 1700s and later settled in Virginia, United States.

Another individual of note was John SPRUIEL, who was born in Hertfordshire, England, in 1805 and later immigrated to Canada, where he became a prominent farmer and landowner in the province of Ontario. He lived until 1892 and had several children who continued the SPRUIEL lineage in North America.

Throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries, the SPRUIEL surname could be found in various parts of the English-speaking world, including the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as in some parts of Europe and the Caribbean.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Spruiel

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Spruiel.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Spruiel was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Spruiel was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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