Spanowsky Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Spanowsky Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 35 | 1:2,300,156 | 119,987 |
| Sweden | 17 | 1:579,221 | 42,433 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Spanowsky Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Spanowsky Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Spanowsky is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Spanowsky? popularity and diffusion
The surname Spanowsky is the 2,580,327th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 93 percent of Spanowsky live; 63 percent live in Western Europe and 63 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently used in Germany, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 2,300,156. In Germany it is primarily found in: Lower Saxony, where 60 percent reside, Hesse, where 37 percent reside and Bavaria, where 3 percent reside. Excluding Germany this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 30 percent reside and The United States, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spannowsky | 95 | 2 | / |
| Szpanowsky | 95 | 1 | / |
| Spanowski | 89 | 92 | / |
| Spanovsky | 89 | 10 | / |
| Szpanowski | 84 | 148 | / |
| Spanovskyi | 84 | 25 | / |
| Spanovskaya | 80 | 18 | / |
| Shpanovskyi | 80 | 3 | / |
| Schpanowski | 80 | 2 | / |
| Spanovska | 78 | 11 | / |
| Shpanovskaya | 76 | 1 | / |
| Szponowski | 74 | 8 | / |
| Spanovskis | 74 | 6 | / |
| Szpejnowski | 70 | 107 | / |
| Szponawska | 63 | 1 | / |
| Sponevskyi | 63 | 1 | / |
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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 Spanowsky
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