Spankey Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Malawi

Spankey Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spankey Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884

Spankey Last Name Facts

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

The last name Spankey has its highest incidence in Malawi. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Spankey? popularity and diffusion

The last name Spankey is the 5,587,209th most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Spankey occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Spankey live; 75 percent live in Southern Africa and 75 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Malawi, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 1,902,123. Outside of Malawi this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 25 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spanke92815/
Spanky9257/
Spankie86226/
Spanket862/
Spanckae800/
Spanka77311/
Spance7714/
Sponky7710/
Spanki775/
Sponke771/
Shpanka71163/
Szpanka7158/
Sponcey7122/
Speinke717/
Spankau713/
Spannka712/
Sponkie711/
Spankka711/
Sponkes711/
Spanche710/
Spatenka6799/
Speuncke670/
Speinkie670/
Szpatenka632/
Shpanchei631/
Spanca62234/
Španka6241/
Sponka625/
Sponce624/
Shponka57343/
Szponka5752/
Spanchi571/
Špatenka53244/
Špatinka5321/
Spasemka531/

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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 Spankey
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis