Sparv Surname

1,589,322nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 128 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Sparv Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sparv Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden801:123,0848,745
Finland431:127,83012,225
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Sparv Last Name Facts

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

Sparv (Russian: Спарв) is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sparv? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,589,322nd most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 56,933,952 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Sparv reside; 97 percent reside in Northern Europe and 96 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The surname is most prevalent in Sweden, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 123,084. In Sweden Sparv is primarily concentrated in: Jönköping County, where 31 percent are found, Stockholm County, where 24 percent are found and Västmanland County, where 10 percent are found. Barring Sweden Sparv exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Finland, where 34 percent are found and India, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sparvh911/
Sparf80226/
Sparp801/
Sparw801/
Spaarw734/
Spaarf733/
Sparpe731/
Sparrw731/
Sparps730/
Spearw730/
Spharf730/
Shparfova7113/
Sporf600/
Speerw551/

Sparv Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sparv in the Russian language
Спарвsparv-

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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 Sparv
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