Spaans Surname
Approximately 4,445 people bear this surname
Spaans Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 3,702 | 1:4,562 | 459 |
| United States | 290 | 1:1,249,858 | 88,263 |
| Canada | 103 | 1:357,724 | 32,292 |
| South Africa | 71 | 1:763,066 | 52,802 |
| Australia | 54 | 1:499,920 | 37,885 |
| England | 43 | 1:1,295,769 | 58,667 |
| New Zealand | 40 | 1:113,208 | 14,508 |
| Belgium | 25 | 1:459,866 | 46,150 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Ecuador | 20 | 1:795,292 | 13,165 |
| Norway | 12 | 1:428,524 | 37,411 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Spaans Demographics
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Spaans Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Spaans Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Spaans occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Spaans? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 105,338th most frequently held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,639,493 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 86 percent of Spaans reside; 85 percent reside in Western Europe and 84 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 3,702 people, or 1 in 4,562. In The Netherlands Spaans is most frequent in: South Holland, where 56 percent live, North Holland, where 21 percent live and North Brabant, where 5 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands this last name exists in 39 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.
Spaans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Spaans has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Spaans surname grew 7,250 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 4,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Spaans Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Spaans surname are 42.52% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 89.29% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Spaans earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 10.32% less than the national average, earning 310,361 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 54.16% more than the national average, earning R 366,348 per year; in United States they earn 6.54% more than the national average, earning $45,969 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.69% more than the national average, earning $51,019 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spans | 91 | 416 | / |
| Spahns | 83 | 12 | / |
| Spains | 83 | 6 | / |
| Spanås | 83 | 5 | / |
| Spanns | 83 | 3 | / |
| Shpans | 83 | 1 | / |
| Speans | 83 | 0 | / |
| Spanse | 83 | 0 | / |
| Spanz | 73 | 57 | / |
| Spons | 73 | 49 | / |
| Spaggins | 71 | 9 | / |
| Spachins | 71 | 0 | / |
| Spoons | 67 | 123 | / |
| Sponås | 67 | 80 | / |
| Spanje | 67 | 76 | / |
| Spance | 67 | 14 | / |
| Speins | 67 | 7 | / |
| Speassens | 67 | 3 | / |
| Spanch | 67 | 0 | / |
| Sponse | 67 | 0 | / |
| Spanche | 62 | 0 | / |
| Sponz | 55 | 3 | / |
| Spoms | 55 | 0 | / |
| Sponce | 50 | 4 | / |
| Španje | 50 | 3 | / |
| Sponch | 50 | 3 | / |
| Spoonz | 50 | 1 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Spaans
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