Sperry is a name of English origin. Some of the spelling variations of the name include Spurways, Spurvey, Spurrvey, Spurrier etc. The surname is not used to a great extent in current times. It is believed that the first person who bore the surname was found to be in Devonshire, well before 1050 A.D.
Some of the settlers of the family name or its variants were William Spuraway who settled in Virginia in 1663 and John Spurway who also settled in the same state in 1687. One of the noteworthy mentions of the "Sperry" surname is American neurobiologist Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913–1994). He shared a Nobel Prize with David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel for studies related to organization and functioning of the brain, in 1981.
Some of the settlers of the family name or its variants were William Spuraway who settled in Virginia in 1663 and John Spurway who also settled in the same state in 1687. One of the noteworthy mentions of the "Sperry" surname is American neurobiologist Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913–1994). He shared a Nobel Prize with David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel for studies related to organization and functioning of the brain, in 1981.
