Spittall is used as a family name or surname in Scotland. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Spittall
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Scotland
Meaning:

Surname is a variant of Spittal. Dweller in, or near, a hospital, a house for travelers, generally a religious house, later a home for the needy and infirm; one who came from Spittal, i.e., house, the name of many places in Scotland.

Spittall is a form of Spittle. Hospital.

A variant of Spital. hospital, a lazar-house, or asylum for the poor, of which there were many, upon a religious basis, in the middle ages.

Many hamlets both in England and Scotland are so called.

How popular is Spittall?

Spittall is ranked 4115888 on our list.

Spittall is quite rare family name, few people in Australia and Isle of Man have the last name. So far only 23 people have been found who wears Spittall as their surname. Few people around the world have Spittall as their surname. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
124,818 Australia8
202,100 England7

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