Speciale Surname

94,315th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,051 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Speciale Surname User-submission:

This surname means 'special' in Italian.

Speciale Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy2,8671:21,3313,708
United States1,4831:244,40923,286
Argentina3271:130,71411,069
Canada931:396,18935,081
France441:1,509,607143,950
Brazil371:5,785,793142,916
Paraguay291:249,5434,299
Switzerland281:293,31823,433
England251:2,228,72284,230
Luxembourg211:27,6454,917
Germany201:4,025,273167,743
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Belgium101:1,149,66482,403
Spain81:5,844,00486,878
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Venezuela41:7,551,01953,668
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
China21:683,660,78330,601
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Antigua and Barbuda11:99,1712,137

The alternate forms: Spéciale (3) are calculated separately.

Speciale (55) may also be a first name.

Speciale Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This surname means 'special' in Italian.

- justacoolchick

Speciale Last Name Facts

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

The last name Speciale occurs more in Italy more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: Spéciale. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Speciale? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 94,315th most frequent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,442,793 people. Speciale occurs predominantly in Europe, where 60 percent of Speciale are found; 57 percent are found in Southwestern Europe and 57 percent are found in Italic Europe. Speciale is also the 1,336,256th most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 55 people.

The last name Speciale is most commonly used in Italy, where it is carried by 2,867 people, or 1 in 21,331. In Italy it is mostly concentrated in: Sicily, where 66 percent live, Apulia, where 13 percent live and Lombardy, where 5 percent live. Other than Italy this last name is found in 30 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent live and Argentina, where 6 percent live.

Speciale Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Speciale last name are 14.27% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.04% registered with the political party.

The amount Speciale earn in different countries varies notably. In Italy they earn 31.27% more than the national average, earning €39,420 per year; in United States they earn 7.59% more than the national average, earning $46,426 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.22% more than the national average, earning $63,704 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
  • 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 Speciale
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis