Spannel Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sweden

Spannel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spannel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Sweden101:984,67673,605
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Spannel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spannel is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spannel? popularity and diffusion

Spannel is the 4,307,654th most commonly held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. Spannel occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Spannel live; 48 percent live in Northern Europe and 48 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 10 people, or 1 in 8,050,546. In Germany Spannel is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 90 percent reside and Lower Saxony, where 10 percent reside. Beside Germany it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 48 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.

Spannel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Spannel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Spannel last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spannehl931/
Spanel92592/
Spannl9212/
Spaniel86585/
Spanehl8686/
Spanell8625/
Szpanel8619/
Shpanel868/
Spagnel863/
Spanuel860/
Spanl8356/
Szpaniel806/
Spanniol801/
Sponel7723/
Spenel773/
Spanil771/
Spanelová7511/
Spaniol713,367/
Spanyol71144/
Španiel71127/
Spániel7112/
Spangli718/
Spagnil711/
Speniel711/
Spenell711/
Speinel711/
Spoonel710/
Sponell710/
Sponiel710/
Szpenell670/
Španěl62117/
Sponil620/
Španyol571/
Sponiol571/
Spenill570/
Sponill570/
Španělová50124/

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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 Spannel
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