Spatz Surname

79,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,137 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Spatz Surname Definition:

(German) One with some characteristic of a little sparrow.

Spatz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3,0361:119,38712,792
Germany2,5301:31,8204,183
France951:699,18788,446
Austria761:112,04515,874
Canada491:751,95159,756
Guatemala451:357,3934,827
Argentina331:1,295,25574,988
Israel331:259,32223,464
Belgium321:359,27039,406
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
England261:2,143,00282,017
Hungary261:377,54926,409
Ecuador221:722,99312,618
Switzerland221:373,31428,226
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Thailand101:7,063,834426,148
Chile71:2,516,63933,195
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
United States Virgin Islands41:27,5943,273
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Peru31:10,594,70845,902
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5291:94,9319,707

The alternate forms: Špatz (17) are calculated separately.

Spatz (16) may also be a first name.

Spatz Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(German) One with some characteristic of a little sparrow.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Spatz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spatz occurs most in The United States. It may be rendered as: Špatz. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Spatz? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 79,485th most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,187,477 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 53 percent of Spatz reside; 50 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,786,762nd most prevalent first name on earth It is held by 16 people.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 3,036 people, or 1 in 119,387. In The United States Spatz is most frequent in: Pennsylvania, where 12 percent reside, California, where 10 percent reside and Illinois, where 10 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname exists in 36 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 41 percent reside and France, where 2 percent reside.

Spatz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Spatz has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 574 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Spatz Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Spatz surname are 2.53% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 50.7% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Spatz earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 13.7% more than the national average, earning $49,062 USD per year and in Canada they earn 41.78% more than the national average, earning $70,441 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Špatz9317/
Spautz91423/
Spattz9119/
Spatze9114/
Shpatz917/
Szpatz914/
Spaetz912/
Spaatz912/
Spaz89146/
Schpatz831/
Spetz801,032/
Spotz80226/
Spats8013/
Spaaz802/
Spaiz801/
Spadz801/
Spayz801/
Spatc800/
Spaits73245/
Spoutz73106/
Shpats7365/
Spatch7320/
Speitz7314/
Spottz7312/
Speetz739/
Spatts738/
Spaats732/
Spaths731/
Speats730/
Spauts730/
Spac671,341/
Spoz6781/
Spaihts6713/
Spač675/
Shpatts674/
Schpetz672/
Spać672/
Zpaz671/
Speaths671/

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Spatz Reference & Research

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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
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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 Spatz
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