Part of the Spring Name Study
The last name 'Spring'
According to forebears.io, there are around 25,000 Springs, it being the 21,936th most common last name in the world.
How to categorise Springs
For the purposes of this name study, Springs are categorised into family groups. Each group is named sequentially for when they were added to the study (starting at 'Group 1'), and when the category is established, the category page is populated with information about the earliest known Spring within that group.
Groups connected to the global tree are in green and groups not yet connected are red.
| Group | No. at 17 Mar 2023 | Oldest member |
| G1 | 57 | William Spring (1820?–?), of Ireland |
| G2 | 82 | James Spring (1780?–?), of Ireland |
| G3 | 165 | Samuel Spring (1774–1839), of England |
| G4 | 77 | Thomas Spring (1780?–?), of London, England |
| G5 | 18 | Henry Spring (1820?–?), of England |
| G6 | 74 | John Spring (1807?–1863), died in Forbes, New South Wales, Australia |
| G7 | 22 | John Spring (1845?–1927), born in Kerry, Ireland, died in New Zealand |
| G8 | 285 | James Spring (1724?–), of Buckinghamshire, England |
| G9 | 922 | John Spring (1589?–), born in Pakenham, Suffolk, England, and migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration |
| G10 | 20 | John Spring (1814?–?), of England |
| G11 | 12 | George Spring (1840?–?), of Scotland |
| G12 | 8 | John Spring (1812?–?), of West Ashby, Lincolnshire, England |
| G13 | 34 | William Spring (1805?–?), of Graveley, England |
| G14 | 287 | John Spring (1700?–?), of Lincolnshire, England |
| G15 | 85 | Richard Spring (1789?–?), of Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England |
| G16 | 235 | Thomas Spring (1400?–1440?), the clothier of Lavenham, Suffolk, England. First documented reference in 1424 |
| G17 | 12 | Thomas Spring (1826?–1865), born in London, a ship's captain who spent years in Australia |
| G18 | 208 | John Spring (1761?–?), lived in Sandy, Bedfordshire, England |
| G19 | 6 | William James Spring (1870?–1945), New Zealand |
| G20 | 136 | Henry Spring (1718?–?), who was born in Gloucestershire, England |
| G21 | 24 | Joseph Spring (1813?–?), born in Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, England |
| G22 | 43 | Henry Spring (1686?–?), lived in Gloucestershire, England |
| G23 | 90 | William Spring (1787?–?), born in East Hendred, Berkshire, England |
| G24 | 31 | Samuel Spring (1809?–?), born in Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, England |
| G25 | 5 | Abraham Spring (1816?–1901) of Bedfordshire, England |
| G26 | 70 | Samuel Spring (1748?–?), of Suffolk, England |
| G27 | 6 | Unknown Spring (1848?–), whose children were born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England |
| G28 | 56 | James Spring (1736?–), married in St Brides, Monmouthshire, Wales |
| G29 | 21 | James Spring (1700?–?), lived in Bedfordshire, England |
| G30 | 103 | John Spring (1756–1834), lived in Rutland, England |
| G31 | 44 | Unknown Spring (1800?–?), whose children were born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, and in Scotland |
| G32 | 87 | George Spring (?–1774), lived in Burgh le Marsh, Lincolnshire, England |
| G33 | 29 | Richard Spring (1817?–), lived in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England |
| G34 | 6 | Edward Spring (1822?–), born in Scotland, lived in St Giles Camberwell, Surrey, England |
| G35 | 5 | John Spring (1818?–?), born in Leake, Lincolnshire, England |
| G36 | 27 | Joseph Spring (1800?–1837), lived in England |
| G37 | 17 | James Spring (1770?–), married in Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England |
| G38 | 37 | John Spring (1757?–?), lived in Bedfordshire, England |
| G39 | 13 | James Spring (1817?–1884), of England |
| G40 | 16 | John Spring (1803?–?), lived in Devon, England |
| G41 | 30 | Richard Spring (1772–?), lived in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. |
| G42 | 20 | Daniel Spring (1773?–?), lived in Suffolk, England |
| G43 | 38 | Samuel Spring (1810?–?), lived in Somersham, Huntingdonshire, England |
| G44 | 25 | James Spring (1781–?), lived in Devon, England |
| G45 | 24 | William Spring (1750?–?), lived in Shillington, Bedfordshire, England |
| G46 | 37 | James Spring (1760?–), lived in Marylebone, England |
| G47 | 30 | John Spring (1807?–?), lived in Bedfordshire, England |
| G48 | 26 | Stanislaus Spring (1797–1870), born in Germany and lived in Minnesota, United States |
| G49 | 149 | Johannes Gottfried Spring (1677–1739), lived in Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
| G50 | 54 | Christopher Columbus Spring (1800?–1860), born in Switzerland/Germany, migrated to the United States. |
| G51 | 46 | Nicholas Spring (1730?–1824), one of the early settlers of Augusta County, Virginia, United States. |
| G52 | 7 | William G. Spring (1827–1902), born in Maine, United States |
| G53 | 8 | James Spring (1833?–1905), born in Canada, lived in Los Angeles, California, United States |
| G54 | 15 | Ephraim Spring (1775–1860), lived in New York and Pennsylvania, United States |
| G55 | 8 | John Spring (1828?–?), lived in Switzerland and migrated to Pennsylvania, United States. |
| G56 | 181 | Andreas Spring (1719–1754?), it is believed that Andreas was born in Germany and migrated to the Pennsylvania Colonies. |
| G57 | 9 | Charles Welton Spring (1833?–1878), born and lived in Connecticut, United States |
| G58 | 12 | George William Spring (1851–1911), born and lived in Ohio, United States. |
| G59 | 21 | Adam Spring (1809?–?), born in Pennsylvania, United States. Lived in Ohio, United States. |
| G60 | 21 | John Spring (1830?–?), born in Switzerland. Lived in Delaware, United States. |
| G61 | 14 | Bartlome Spring (1710?–1805), lived in Switzerland. |
| G62 | 36 | Johann Adam (Adam) Spring (1785–1849), lived in Virginia and Ohio, United States. |
| G63 | 14 | Henry Spring (1839?–?), lived in Chelmsford, Essex, England, and London, England. |
| G64 | 20 | Lewis Spring (1832?–?), born in Canada, lived in Massachusetts, United States. |
| G65 | 5 | Jairus B. Spring (1833?–1899), born in Ohio, United States, lived in Connecticut. |
| G66 | 24 | William Henry Spring (1826?–1907), born in Gloucestershire, England. |
| G67 | 13 | George Spring (1805?–?), born in England. |
| G68 | 22 | James Spring (1766?–?), lived in Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire, Scotland. |
| G69 | 9 | Isaac Bacon Spring (1755?–1835), lived in Greenwich, Massachusetts, United States. |
| G70 | 12 | George Spring (1830?–?), probably lived in England. |
| G71 | 17 | Joseph Spring (1807?–1870), born in Toddington, Bedfordshire, England. |
| G72 | 12 | Henry Spring (1874?–?), born in Switzerland and migrated to Minnesota, United States. |
| G73 | 31 | William Spring (1796?–?), born in Georgia, United States; lived in Louisiana. |
| G74 | 8 | Jacob Spring (1777?–?), born in Loudoun, Virginia, United States. |
| G75 | 26 | John Spring (1775?–?), lived in Fulham, Middlesex, England. |
| G76 | 10 | Samuel Spring (1792?–?), lived in New York and Illinois, United States. |
| G77 | 9 | John Spring (1610?–?), lived in Pulborough, Sussex, England. |
| G78 | 13 | William Spring (1847?–?), born in Turkey (a British subject), lived in England. |
| G79 | 71 | Artemas Spring (1781–1855), born in Massachusetts, United States, and later lived in Hartford, New York |
| G80 | 17 | John Spring (1780?–?), lived in Holborn, Middlesex, England |
| G81 | 4 | Tarrance Spring (1797?–1876), born in Ireland, lived in Belfont, Middlesex, England |
| G82 | 10 | John Spring (1810?–1847), born in New York, United States, later lived in Ohio |
| G83 | 20 | John Spring (1850?–?), born in Switzerland, later lived in Iowa, United States |
| G84 | 15 | George Spring (1844?–?), lived in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| G85 | 4 | Thomas Spring (1730?–?), of Bedfordshire, England |
| G86 | 12 | William Spring (1794?–?), lived in Lincolnshire, England |
| G87 | 25 | James Spring (1780?–?), of Penn, Buckinghamshire, England |
| G88 | 10 | David Spring (1838?–?), lived in New South Wales, Australia |
| G89 | 16 | John Spring (1830?–?), lived in Victoria, Australia |
| G90 | 4 | Arthur Spring (1883?–?), lived in Victoria, Australia; and in Western Australia |
| G91 | 22 | Andrew Spring (1820?–), lived in New South Wales, Australia |
| G92 | 36 | Lewis Spring (1855?–1856), son of a Fr. Canadian couple, lived in Massachusetts, United States |
| G93 | 8 | John David Spring (1844?–1915), lived in New Zealand |
| G94 | 29 | Jacob Spring (1817–1897), migrated from Switzerland to Kansas, United States |
| G95 | 10 | James Spring (1827?–?), migrated from Ireland to the United States and lived in Indiana and Ohio |
| G96 | 6 | William Spring (1865?–1915), lived at St George in the East, Middlesex, England |
| G97 | 12 | Hans Spring (1830?–?), had at least three children in Germany, who migrated to the United States |
| G98 | 4 | Samuel Spring (1840–1917), who was born in Ohio, United States |
| G99 | 21 | William Spring (1808?–?), who was born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England |