Spaens Surname

1,118,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Spaens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spaens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1641:70,10111,187
France501:1,328,454133,611
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Spaens Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spaens occurs most in Belgium. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Spaens? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,118,459th most frequently held last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 33,583,161 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Spaens are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 56 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Belgium, where it is carried by 164 people, or 1 in 70,101. In Belgium Spaens is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 74 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 20 percent live and Walloon Region, where 7 percent live. Beside Belgium this surname exists in 4 countries. It is also found in France, where 23 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spens91768/
Spenst831,065/
Spense8372/
Speins837/
Spains836/
Spiens831/
Spen's831/
Spoens831/
Speens830/
Speans830/
Speassens803/
Shpenst7757/
Schpens772/
Spensce771/
Spensse771/
Spauins771/
Spyns7325/
Spenz734/
Spins734/
Spenx731/
Spaggins719/
Spence67100,165/
Spench679/
Spinns673/
Spenze673/
Speehanns671/
Spenje671/
Spenche624/
Speence623/
Spencht621/
Spoence621/
Spuggins570/
Spinx5527/
Spinz556/
Spynz554/
Spnce551/
Spynx550/
Spince5015/
Spinze505/
Spinch501/
Spemce500/

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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 Spaens
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