Spaans Surname

105,338th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,445 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Spaans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spaans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3,7021:4,562459
United States2901:1,249,85888,263
Canada1031:357,72432,292
South Africa711:763,06652,802
Australia541:499,92037,885
England431:1,295,76958,667
New Zealand401:113,20814,508
Belgium251:459,86646,150
Germany231:3,500,237154,763
Ecuador201:795,29213,165
Norway121:428,52437,411
France101:6,642,272293,169
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Bulgaria31:2,326,30254,089
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
China21:683,660,78330,601
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Guinea11:11,833,8173,268
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Aruba11:103,4772,586
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States41:12,554,671503,821

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

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spans91416/
Spahns8312/
Spains836/
Spanås835/
Spanns833/
Shpans831/
Speans830/
Spanse830/
Spanz7357/
Spons7349/
Spaggins719/
Spachins710/
Spoons67123/
Sponås6780/
Spanje6776/
Spance6714/
Speins677/
Speassens673/
Spanch670/
Sponse670/
Spanche620/
Sponz553/
Spoms550/
Sponce504/
Španje503/
Sponch503/
Spoonz501/

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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
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  • 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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