Spangenberg Surname

44,028th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,803 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Spangenberg Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spangenberg Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5,5971:14,3841,874
South Africa2,5681:21,0972,674
United States2,4171:149,96215,436
Netherlands2431:69,49511,836
Denmark1931:29,2473,035
France1471:451,85564,822
Argentina1371:311,99624,829
Sweden731:134,8879,541
Brazil621:3,452,81297,678
Uruguay531:64,7506,938
Namibia421:57,3676,674
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
Australia301:899,85754,700
Austria291:293,63633,260
Switzerland241:342,20526,446
England241:2,321,58686,519
Thailand181:3,924,352328,346
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Spain101:4,675,20478,608
Scotland101:535,38220,332
Swaziland91:144,244719
Paraguay91:804,0838,568
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Poland51:7,601,750167,855
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
China21:683,660,78330,601
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Bosnia and Herzegovina21:1,768,20116,841
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Armenia11:2,930,18022,770
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4181:120,14011,717

Spangenberg (11) may also be a first name.

Spangenberg Last Name Facts

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

Spangenberg (Russian: Спангенберг) occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Spangenberg? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 44,028th most frequent surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 617,432 people. The last name Spangenberg occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Spangenberg live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 50 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,487,849th most widely held forename globally It is held by 11 people.

The surname Spangenberg is most common in Germany, where it is carried by 5,597 people, or 1 in 14,384. In Germany it is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent live, Hesse, where 17 percent live and Thuringia, where 13 percent live. Beside Germany Spangenberg exists in 51 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.

Spangenberg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Spangenberg has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 578 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 2,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Spangenberg Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Spangenberg surname are 20.63% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 67.4% being registered with the party.

The amount Spangenberg earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 884.79% more than the national average, earning S/. 190,901 per year; in South Africa they earn 70.54% more than the national average, earning R 405,264 per year; in United States they earn 7.67% more than the national average, earning $46,458 USD per year and in Canada they earn 38.1% more than the national average, earning $68,610 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Spangenberg Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Spangenberg in the Russian language
Спангенбергspangenberg-

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Footnotes

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