Sparraw Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Sparraw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sparraw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia51:26,449,839597,308
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Sparraw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Sparraw is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sparraw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Sparraw is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The surname Sparraw occurs mostly in Asia, where 83 percent of Sparraw live; 83 percent live in Southeast Asia and 83 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

Sparraw is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 26,449,839. In Indonesia it is most prevalent in: Riau Islands, where 20 percent live and West Java, where 20 percent live. Beside Indonesia this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent live.

Sparraw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Sparraw has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sparraw last name fell 80 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sparraw Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Episcopalian (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sparrow8623,980/
Sparhaw860/
Sparrowe80128/
Sparrrow804/
Spaarrow800/
Speraw77213/
Sparow7788/
Sparaf778/
Spearow71142/
Sparova7127/
Sperrow7110/
Sparrov714/
Sporrow711/
Szparów711/
Sparowa711/
Shparova6790/
Sparrhoff635/
Shpargova631/
Sperow62281/
Sparov6229/
Sporow621/
Shparov57144/
Sparoff571/
Shpatrov533/

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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 Sparraw
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