Spanu Surname
Approximately 8,917 people bear this surname
Spanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 6,763 | 1:9,043 | 1,327 |
| Romania | 1,303 | 1:15,409 | 1,969 |
| France | 271 | 1:245,102 | 37,912 |
| Belgium | 130 | 1:88,436 | 13,772 |
| United States | 80 | 1:4,530,737 | 237,840 |
| Canada | 54 | 1:682,326 | 55,162 |
| Argentina | 45 | 1:949,854 | 60,205 |
| Germany | 45 | 1:1,789,010 | 101,917 |
| Spain | 42 | 1:1,113,144 | 39,565 |
| Netherlands | 35 | 1:482,491 | 46,668 |
| Moldova | 32 | 1:111,293 | 12,952 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| India | 23 | 1:33,350,669 | 396,143 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 1:1,395,781 | 41,665 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
The alternate forms: Spânu (315) & Spãnu (2) are calculated separately.
Spanu (213) may also be a first name.
Spanu Demographics
Average Spanu Salary in
United States
$50,875 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Spanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Spanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Spanu (Russian: Спану) is carried by more people in Italy than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Spânu or Spãnu. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Spanu? popularity and diffusion
It is the 56,829th most frequently held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 817,264 people. The surname Spanu is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Spanu are found; 76 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 76 percent are found in Italic Europe. Spanu is also the 619,385th most widely held forename globally It is held by 213 people.
The last name Spanu is most prevalent in Italy, where it is carried by 6,763 people, or 1 in 9,043. In Italy Spanu is primarily found in: Sardinia, where 84 percent are found, Lazio, where 5 percent are found and Piedmont, where 3 percent are found. Not including Italy this last name exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 15 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.
Spanu Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Spanu surname are 11.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 57.89% being registered with the political party.
The amount Spanu earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 27.73% less than the national average, earning €21,703 per year; in United States they earn 17.91% more than the national average, earning $50,875 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.52% more than the national average, earning $50,436 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spânu | 93 | 315 | / |
| Spãnu | 93 | 2 | / |
| Spanou | 91 | 5,093 | / |
| Spanus | 91 | 12 | / |
| Spanțu | 91 | 4 | / |
| Spainu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Spanuz | 91 | 1 | / |
| Spanuth | 83 | 175 | / |
| Spagnou | 83 | 131 | / |
| Spagnut | 83 | 76 | / |
| Spanaus | 83 | 54 | / |
| Spaneus | 83 | 6 | / |
| Spanhut | 83 | 5 | / |
| Spanous | 83 | 5 | / |
| Spannus | 83 | 1 | / |
| Spannut | 83 | 1 | / |
| Spaneut | 83 | 1 | / |
| Spangou | 83 | 1 | / |
| Spanó | 80 | 30 | / |
| Sponu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Spenu | 80 | 6 | / |
| Spannaus | 77 | 581 | / |
| Spannuth | 77 | 417 | / |
| Spanneut | 77 | 364 | / |
| Spannhut | 77 | 10 | / |
| Spainhou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Spahnaus | 77 | 0 | / |
| Spannhuth | 71 | 4 | / |
| Spannhaus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sponhaus | 62 | 0 | / |
Spanu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spanu in the Russian language | ||
| Спану | spanu | - |
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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 Spanu
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