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 Special Salary in
England
£26,950
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Special Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Special Come From? nationality or country of origin
Special occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Special click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Special? popularity and diffusion
Special is the 841,044th most commonly used surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 22,286,073 people. The last name Special is mostly found 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 frequent forename worldwide, held by 3,573 people.
It is most frequently held in Iran, where it is borne by 237 people, or 1 in 323,977. In Iran it is most numerous in: Zanjan Province, where 40 percent live, Tehran Province, where 16 percent live and Kermanshah Province, where 16 percent live. Barring Iran it is found in 16 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 14 percent live and Argentina, where 7 percent live.
Special Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Special has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held 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