The Spurgeon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,047 people carried this name — #4,981 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 6,909 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Spurgeon surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Sprigin’.

An early record he cites: William Sprigin, Norfolk, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Spurgeon and Spurgin.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 710 · public domain.

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Spurgeon was found among the farmers of Essex: 9 in every 10,000.

Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Essex 9

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In print

Spurgeon in American newspapers,
1858–1926.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Spurgeon
Evening Star 1926-08-07
Newspaper page from New-york Daily Tribune carrying the name Spurgeon
New-york Daily Tribune 1858-01-20
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Spurgeon
Evening Star 1926-05-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 50,606 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Spurgeon in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

15,223 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Spurgeon. The most, 4,512, date from the 1890s. South Australia has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Northern Territory, at 4.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 3,739
New South Wales 3,700
Victoria 3,261
Queensland 2,519
Tasmania 1,323
Western Australia 558
Northern Territory 82
ACT (Canberra) 27

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Spurgeon.

Who carried it

People named Spurgeon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Susannah Spurgeon
    Susannah Spurgeon 1832–1903 · writer
  • Charles Spurgeon
    Charles Spurgeon 1834–1892 · writer
  • Thomas Spurgeon
    Thomas Spurgeon 1856–1917 · theologian
  • Samuel J. W. Spurgeon
    Samuel J. W. Spurgeon 1861– · editor
  • Caroline Spurgeon
    Caroline Spurgeon 1869–1942 · university teacher
  • John Grove Spurgeon 1747–1829 · rector

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Spurgeon,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States435 records

435 records of the Spurgeon name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 275
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 97
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 27
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 18
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 12
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John J. Spurgeon

    Born 1915 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; plasterer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Mountain Home National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Roy Stephen Spurgeon

    Born 1949; from Albuquerque, New Mexico. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Samuel J. S. Spurgeon

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Pavonia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 29; footman. From Stamford, England; bound for Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 435 records for Spurgeon in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia79 records

79 records of the Spurgeon name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 39
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 29
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Spurgeon

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Roslyn Castle, arriving 1834; certificate of freedom 1849.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Dorothy Spurgeon

    Arrived in Queensland in 1914 aboard the Orsova, aged 2.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Bridget Spurgeon

    Servant of Caulfield, Victoria; died 1888.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 79 records for Spurgeon in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada18 records

18 records of the Spurgeon name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 4
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Isabel Grierson Spurgeon

    Died 1976, aged 56; buried at St. Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Charles H. Spurgeon

    Died 1867 in Indian Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record P. Spurgeon

    Lance Corporal, Saskatchewan Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 18 records for Spurgeon in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom5 records

5 records of the Spurgeon name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. Spurgeon

    Wiltshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record V. Spurgeon

    Lance Corporal, South Lancashire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Spurgeon

    Middlesex Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Spurgeon in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands4 records

4 records of the Spurgeon name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 2
  • Dutch population registers 1
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Stanley Evan Spurgeon

    Died 1953 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 56.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Robert Spurgeon

    Married in 1706 in Breda.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Breda (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Gerald Benbow Spurgeon

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Spurgeon in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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