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Early Origins of the Spillers family

The surname Spillers was first found in Buckinghamshire where they held a family seat from ancient times, some say before the Norman Conquest in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Spillers family

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Spillers Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Speller, Spiller, Spiler, Speler and others.

Early Notables of the Spillers family

Distinguished members of the family include Sir Robert Spiller (c 1591-1637), an English landowner and politician; and Sir Henry Spiller (died 1649), an English office-holder and landowner.James Spiller (1692-1730), was an English comedian, the son of 'the' Gloucester carrier. "He was apprenticed to a landscape-painter but while he obtained some proficiency, but, soon wearying of...
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Spillers Ranking

In the United States, the name Spillers is the 11,948th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Spillers family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Oliver Spiller settled in Virginia in 1654; and John Spiller settled in Maryland in 1663; Samuel Spiller settled in Belfast, Maine in 1822; Joseph Spiller arrived in New York city in 1823.


Contemporary Notables of the name Spillers (post 1700) +

  • Hortense Spillers (b. 1942), American literary critic, Black Feminist scholar and the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor at Vanderbilt University
  • Charles Lee Spillers (b. 1901), American Democratic Party politician, Member of West Virginia State Senate 1st District, 1935-36 2


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 11) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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