Shpresa Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Albania

Shpresa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shpresa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Albania41:728,51420,844
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Shpresa (16,994) may also be a first name.

Shpresa Last Name Facts

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

The surname Shpresa is found most in Greece. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shpresa? popularity and diffusion

Shpresa is the 5,391,485th most frequently held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Shpresa are found; 77 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 38 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 42,542nd most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 16,994 people.

The last name Shpresa is most frequently held in Greece, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 2,215,958. In Greece it is primarily found in: Western Macedonia, where 80 percent live and South Aegean, where 20 percent live. Other than Greece this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Albania, where 31 percent live and Austria, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spresa922/
Spreisa861/
Shpreza861/
Shpryses803/
Shpritsa801/
Spreca77228/
Sprysa7755/
Špresa777/
Spreča771/
Sprosa770/
Sprytsa711/
Spreese710/
Spreser710/
Sprecha710/
Spresser67395/
Spreiser6713/
Sprezeau671/
Szpredja671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Shpresa
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