Spare

See also: spare and spāre

English

Etymology

From spare, a nickname for a frugal person.

Proper noun

Spare (plural Spares)

A surname transferred from the nickname.

Derived terms

Sparean

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Spare is the 43206^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 500 individuals. Spare is most common among White (96.4%) individuals.

Further reading

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

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