Special Surname
Approximately 327 people bear this surname
Special Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 237 | 1:323,977 | 22,300 |
| Nigeria | 45 | 1:3,936,506 | 111,794 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 1:340,994 | 12,383 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2 | 1:12,187,685 | 173,419 |
Special (3,573) may also be a first name.
Special Demographics
Average Male Special Height
178.5 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Special Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Special Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Special is found most in Iran. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Special? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 841,044th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,286,073 people. The surname Special occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Special live; 74 percent live in South Asia and 74 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Special is also the 118,455th most common first name at a global level, held by 3,573 people.
The last name is most widespread in Iran, where it is borne by 237 people, or 1 in 323,977. In Iran Special is primarily concentrated in: Zanjan Province, where 40 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 16 percent are found and Kermanshah Province, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Iran it is found in 16 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 14 percent are found and Argentina, where 7 percent are found.
Special Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Special has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Special surname declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speciale | 93 | 5,051 | / |
| Specialt | 93 | 2 | / |
| Speacial | 93 | 0 | / |
| Specal | 92 | 1 | / |
| Specialle | 88 | 7 | / |
| Speaciale | 88 | 1 | / |
| Speciał | 86 | 6 | / |
| Spicial | 86 | 2 | / |
| Specail | 86 | 2 | / |
| Speceal | 86 | 1 | / |
| Spechal | 86 | 0 | / |
| Spejchal | 80 | 109 | / |
| Speychal | 80 | 26 | / |
| Spéciale | 80 | 3 | / |
| Spisal | 77 | 3 | / |
| Spichal | 71 | 218 | / |
| Spíchal | 71 | 64 | / |
| Spychal | 71 | 10 | / |
| Spishal | 71 | 1 | / |
| Spěchal | 71 | 1 | / |
| Spichale | 67 | 85 | / |
| Spichhale | 63 | 1 | / |
| Spitzeall | 63 | 0 | / |
| Spisol | 62 | 22 | / |
| Spycol | 62 | 1 | / |
| Spisał | 62 | 1 | / |
| Spychał | 57 | 37 | / |
| Spichał | 57 | 12 | / |
| Špíchal | 57 | 1 | / |
| Speedsoul | 50 | 2 | / |
| Spitsholt | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Special
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis