Spanenburg Surname

1,683,218th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 117 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Spanenburg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spanenburg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium611:188,47025,041
Netherlands551:307,04036,360
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Spanenburg Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spanenburg is borne by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Spanenburg? popularity and diffusion

The surname Spanenburg is the 1,683,218th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 62,286,717 people. The surname Spanenburg is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Spanenburg are found; 99 percent are found in Western Europe and 99 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is borne by 61 people, or 1 in 188,470. In Belgium it is mostly concentrated in: Flemish Region, where 100 percent are found. Not including Belgium this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 47 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Spanenburg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Spanenburg has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Spanenburg
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