Spoor

See also: spoor

English

Etymology

From the Dutch and English surname, from the noun spur. From being a maker of spurs.

Proper noun

Spoor (plural Spoors)

1. An occupational surname from Middle English

Synonyms

• Spaw
• Spoore
• Spoores
• Spoors
• Spor
• Spore
• Spores
• Spors
• Spur
• Spurs

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Spoor is the 18550^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1487 individuals. Spoor is most common among White (96.1%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Spoor”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• proso, roops, sopor, sporo-

Dutch

Etymology

From spoor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spoːr/
• Hyphenation: Spoor
• Rhymes: -oːr

Proper noun

Spoor

1. a surname