Spas Surname
Approximately 1,150 people bear this surname
Spas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 467 | 1:97,479 | 13,957 |
| France | 175 | 1:379,558 | 56,305 |
| Poland | 136 | 1:279,476 | 34,080 |
| United States | 116 | 1:3,124,646 | 180,867 |
| Russia | 103 | 1:1,399,253 | 97,801 |
| Belarus | 37 | 1:256,785 | 30,179 |
| United Arab Emirates | 36 | 1:254,508 | 17,423 |
| Canada | 15 | 1:2,456,373 | 146,130 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 1:5,358,864 | 25,178 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 1:3,489,452 | 64,958 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Špás (117) are calculated separately.
Spas (7,654) may also be a first name.
Spas Demographics
Spas Political Affiliation
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Spas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Spas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Spas (Russian: Спас) is more commonly found in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Špás. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Spas? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 324,001st most numerous family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,336,996 people. The surname Spas occurs predominantly in Europe, where 81 percent of Spas live; 62 percent live in Eastern Europe and 50 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 73,154th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 7,654 people.
Spas is most commonly used in Ukraine, where it is borne by 467 people, or 1 in 97,479. In Ukraine it is mostly concentrated in: Lviv Oblast, where 30 percent are found, Donetsk Oblast, where 13 percent are found and Ternopil Oblast, where 8 percent are found. Other than Ukraine this last name occurs in 30 countries. It is also common in France, where 15 percent are found and Poland, where 12 percent are found.
Spas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Spas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Spas last name rose 1,657 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Spas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Spas last name is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Spas last name are 2.33% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 44.44% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Spas earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 15.37% more than the national average, earning $49,780 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.47% less than the national average, earning $40,012 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Spas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spas in the Russian language | ||
| Спас | spas | - |
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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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- 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 Spas
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