Mospan Surname

132,618th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Mospan Surname User-submission:

According to legend, once in the territory of the current Kharkov region, one gentleman, who came from Moscow, founded the village. People called this gentleman mospan, which meant 'the Moscow pan' (pan from Ukrainian means 'lord').

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Mospan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine2,2781:19,9842,780
Russia6591:218,70023,742
Poland1911:198,99926,687
United States781:4,646,909242,363
Kazakhstan341:520,07337,773
Belarus311:306,48634,064
Transnistria311:15,3132,906
Argentina281:1,526,55084,030
Moldova211:169,58917,028
Canada111:3,349,599180,238
Uzbekistan91:3,436,57132,268
France71:9,488,960336,266
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Georgia21:1,872,77235,618
Kyrgyzstan21:2,986,32784,533
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
England11:55,718,059489,080
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770

The alternate forms: Mošpan (15) & Mošpán (1) are calculated separately.

Mospan Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

According to legend, once in the territory of the current Kharkov region, one gentleman, who came from Moscow, founded the village. People called this gentleman mospan, which meant 'the Moscow pan' (pan from Ukrainian means 'lord'). The village was named after him, namely Mospanovo. It is believed that the first owners of this surname are immigrants from this village.

- kostya.mospan

Mospan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Mospan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Mospan (Georgian: მოსპან, Russian: Моспан) is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Mošpan or Mošpán. Click here for further possible spellings of Mospan.

How Common Is The Last Name Mospan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 132,618th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,141,506 people. The surname Mospan occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of Mospan reside; 88 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 81 percent reside in East Slavic Europe.

This last name is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is held by 2,278 people, or 1 in 19,984. In Ukraine it is most common in: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 17 percent are found, Donetsk Oblast, where 10 percent are found and Odessa Oblast, where 8 percent are found. Outside of Ukraine Mospan is found in 25 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 19 percent are found and Poland, where 6 percent are found.

Mospan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Mospan surname is primarily Orthodox (88%) in Russia and Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Mospan surname are 11.37% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 58.14% being registered with the political party.

Mospan earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.91% less than the national average, earning $42,323 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mošpan9415/
Motspan92132/
Mospane927/
Moispan921/
Mopan911,143/
Mošpán891/
Mopane83465/
Moipan83305/
Motpan83257/
Moopan83179/
Mophan83109/
Maspan8379/
Mopang8342/
Muspan8335/
Mopaan8316/
Mespan838/
Moppan834/
Moupan832/
Modpan832/
Moţpan831/
Mopean830/
Moypan830/
Mospanova80227/
Mmopane77728/
Mooppan77625/
Motphan77195/
Moopane7745/
Moupain7740/
Masphan7712/
Moiphan773/
Maspane773/
Mopaung772/
Maspain771/
Moipane771/
Moyspon771/
Matspan771/
Moypang771/
Mosphon771/
Moopang771/
Mhoopan771/
Moppang771/
Mesphan770/
Mopon731,091/
Mapan73754/
Mopam735/
Moodpang717/
Massphan711/
Moupaing711/
Matpan67744/
Mapane67727/
Mapang67609/
Maphan67419/
Maspanova67207/
Mopong6794/
Mabpan6752/
Mopham6748/
Moipon6747/
Mobpon6740/
Mošpanová6726/
Mopoun6720/
Mapaun6718/
Moppon6718/
Mapain6716/
Mapaan6715/
Mappan6715/
Mophon6711/
Moipam679/
Madpan678/
Maspon675/
Mapand673/
Maupan673/
Mahpan672/
Moponh671/
Motpon671/
Moupon671/
Mophateng671/
Mopone671/

Mospan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Mospan in the Georgian language
მოსპანmospan-
Mospan in the Russian language
Моспанmospan-

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