Clan MacSporran Association

Population Statistics


The website publicprofiler.org has recently published estimates of the current frequency of surnames in 26 countries including notably Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States, in total representing about one billion individuals. The incidence of each surname is shown as FPM, frequency per million.
Surname TotalTop populationTop FPM country Top locality
McSparran 287 228 in U.S.A. 0.9 in U.K. 53 in N.Ireland
MacSparran30 24 in U.S.A. 0.11 in U.K. 5 in Utah
McSparren 274 270 in U.S.A. 0.9 in U.S.A. 40 in Missouri
McSparen 84 84 in U.S.A. 0.28 in U.S.A. 33 in Iowa
McSparrin 140 140 in U.S.A. 0.47 in U.S.A. 29 in Oklahoma
McSparin 250 250 in U.S.A. 0.83 in U.S.A. 97 in Illinois
McSparron 382 235 in U.K. 3.9 in U.K. 120 in N.Ireland
McSporran 473 350 in U.K. 17.1 in New Zealand240 in Scotland
MacSporran132 117 in U.K. 15.0 in Scotland 75 in Scotland
McSpurren 39 22 in Canada 0.69 in Canada 13 in Scotland

It is also possible to gain some insight into how the various surname variants have spread historically by examining census records where these have been published. The following table provides an approximation of the global population of clanfolk as revealed by an analysis of the 1880 census of the United States and the 1881 censuses of England, Scotland and Ontario, Canada.

Country District McSparran McSparren McSparin McSparrin McSparron McSporranOthers
Australia No data available
Canada Ontario       4 McSporan
other No data available
England
and Wales
Essex      2  
Hampshire  1    1  
Lancashire     1 2  
Northumberland 4   12   
Ireland No data available
New Zealand No data available
Scotland Argyll      144  
Ayr      6  
Dunbarton      2  
Lanark  1   5 37 9 McSponan
Renfrew      13  
United States Arkansas     6   
Illinois 4 1 16     
Iowa 4 1   1  7 McSparen
Missouri  26      
North Carolina6       
Pennsylvania 18 22 1 5    
Rhode Island 9 1  1    
Utah      3  
other  3 1     
Total4160 18 6 25 210 20

The following table is a similar analysis of the surname distribution in the 1900 census of the United States and the 1901 censuses of Scotland, Ireland, England, Wales, Canada and Queensland, Australia. The large increase in population is at least partly explained by improvements in the accuracy of recording. However there remains a suspicion that many clanfolk failed to be enumerated for whatever reason.

Country District McSparran McSparren McSparin McSparrin McSparron McSporranOthers
Australia Queensland      3  
other No data available
Canada Ontario      5  
Manitoba      1  
England Durham     9   
Lancashire      3  
Northumberland    15   
Yorkshire 7       
Ireland County Antrim 1    39  2 McIsparron
County Derry 1    45   
other     3   
New ZealandNo data available
Scotland Argyll     1 241  
Ayr     2 4  
Lanark     9 60 4 McSpirran
Orkney      1  
Renfrew 7     20  
other 2 1    4 1 McSpurran
United States Colorado  2  1    
Connecticut    1 4   
Illinois  4 27   6  
Iowa 4 7 3 4   6 McSparen
Kansas  1 3 7   7 McSparen
Michigan  3      
Mississippi  7      
Missouri  46   3 1  
North Dakota     9   
New Mexico     7   
New York  4 1 6 1 1 1 McSpurron
Oklahoma    4    
Pennsylvania 44 23 5 11 7   
Texas 6       
Virginia 5      2 McSparan
Washington  5      
other  3      
Wales Glamorgan 1       
Total76106 39 34 67 349 21

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