Spanke Surname

424,566th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 815 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Spanke Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spanke Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5391:149,36117,949
United States2431:1,491,601101,667
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
England51:11,143,612252,590
France21:33,211,361423,184
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Spanke Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spanke occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Spanke? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 424,566th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,941,774 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 68 percent of Spanke reside; 67 percent reside in Western Europe and 67 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 539 people, or 1 in 149,361. In Germany it is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 78 percent reside, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 5 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 4 percent reside. Beside Germany this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Spanke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Spanke has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 3,038 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Spanke Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Spanke surname are 9.52% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 62.75% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Spanke earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 14.64% more than the national average, earning $49,468 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.47% less than the national average, earning $49,450 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spankie92226/
Spankey9212/
Spanket922/
Spank9199/
Spanka83311/
Spaink83107/
Spanky8357/
Szpank8318/
Spance8314/
Spanki835/
Sponke831/
Speank830/
Shpanka77163/
Szpanka7758/
Speinke777/
Spannka772/
Spacink771/
Sponkie771/
Sponkes771/
Spankka771/
Spanche770/
Spang736,289/
Sponk737/
Spanc732/
Spankova719/
Speuncke710/
Speinkie710/
Spanca67234/
Shpankova67201/
Španka6741/
Sponky6710/
Spaing678/
Sponka675/
Szpang674/
Sponce674/
Spainc673/
Spangh673/
Sponck672/
Shpanchei671/
Spangs671/
Spoink671/
Spaung671/
Spangg670/
Speink670/

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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
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  • 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 Spanke
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