The Spoor surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,487 people carried this name — #18,550 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 200,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 1,365 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Spoor surname
An occupational surname from Middle English.
From the Dutch and English surname, from the noun spur. From being a maker of spurs.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Spoor» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Spoor.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Spoor,
with a public archive behind them.
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Maria Sophia Petronella van Gijtenbeek 1848–1928 · actor -
John A. Spoor 1851–1926 · industrialist -
André Spoor 1867–1929 · conductor -
Cornelis Spoor 1867–1928 · painter -
George K. Spoor 1871–1953 · inventor -
Friedrich Spoor 1614–1662 · printer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Spoor.
- Spire 369 · U.S. census
- Spiteri 607 · U.S. census
- Spittler 863 · U.S. census
- Spitz 3,500 · U.S. census
- Spitzer 7,027 · U.S. census
- Spohr 675 · U.S. census
- Spor 402 · U.S. census
- Sportiello 129 · U.S. census
- Sposito 669 · U.S. census
- Sprauer 302 · U.S. census
- Spraul 218 · U.S. census
- Sprecher 1,783 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Spoor is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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