Spanning Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Spanning Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 20 | 1:282,236 | 21,168 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Spanning Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Spanning Come From? nationality or country of origin
Spanning is found in Denmark more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Spanning.
How Common Is The Last Name Spanning? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,957,383rd most commonly held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 291,501,837 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Spanning live; 88 percent live in Northern Europe and 88 percent live in Scandinavia.
It is most frequent in Denmark, where it is carried by 20 people, or 1 in 282,236. In Denmark Spanning is most common in: Capital Region of Denmark, where 70 percent reside and Region Zealand, where 30 percent reside. Apart from Denmark Spanning is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 8 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 4 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spaning | 93 | 6 | / |
| Spanings | 88 | 55 | / |
| Spanin | 86 | 8 | / |
| Spangin | 80 | 9 | / |
| Shpanin | 80 | 9 | / |
| Szpanin | 80 | 5 | / |
| Spanina | 80 | 5 | / |
| Spening | 80 | 3 | / |
| Speanin | 80 | 0 | / |
| Spaninks | 75 | 297 | / |
| Spannent | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shpanina | 75 | 1 | / |
| Spuining | 75 | 0 | / |
| Speining | 75 | 0 | / |
| Spooning | 75 | 0 | / |
| Spanen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Spanincks | 71 | 1 | / |
| Spanien | 67 | 26 | / |
| Spasnim | 67 | 4 | / |
| Speinin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Spanisn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Spanion | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spaanen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shponin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spanyna | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shpongin | 63 | 1 | / |
| Španen | 57 | 5 | / |
| Spamhn | 57 | 1 | / |
| Spaanem | 53 | 44 | / |
| Spoonen | 53 | 0 | / |
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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 Spanning
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis