Spanz Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Austria
Highest density in:
Austria

Spanz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spanz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Austria401:212,88626,249
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Spanz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spanz occurs more in Austria more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spanz? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,555,468th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 95 percent of Spanz are found; 82 percent are found in Western Europe and 82 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Austria, where it is held by 40 people, or 1 in 212,886. In Austria it is most numerous in: Carinthia, where 98 percent are found and Vienna, where 3 percent are found. Beside Austria this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 12 percent are found and Russia, where 9 percent are found.

Spanz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Spanz has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Spanz last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spancz916/
Spantz910/
Spans80416/
Sponz803/
Spanc802/
Spaans734,445/
Spanje7376/
Spanci7332/
Spance7314/
Spahns7312/
Spains736/
Spanås735/
Spainc733/
Spanns733/
Spáncz732/
Spands731/
Spoonz731/
Shpans731/
Spanse730/
Speans730/
Spanch730/
Spoontz675/
Spanche670/
Spaggins629/
Spancova622/
Spachins620/
Spons6049/
Spánc601/
Speassens573/
Spantsova571/
Spoons55123/
Sponås5580/
Speins557/
Sponce554/
Španje553/
Sponch553/
Sponse550/
Shpantsova5317/
Spoonts50244/
Chpants501/
Spoonch501/

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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 Spanz
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