Specter Surname

471,234th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 712 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Iraq

Specter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Specter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5041:719,16556,610
Iraq1311:267,3415,559
England261:2,143,00282,017
Israel211:407,50632,346
Argentina61:7,123,902190,047
China21:683,660,78330,601
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
France11:66,422,722504,397
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Specter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Specter occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Specter click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Specter? popularity and diffusion

Specter is the 471,234th most prevalent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 10,235,317 people. The last name Specter is primarily found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Specter live; 59 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is borne by 504 people, or 1 in 719,165. In The United States Specter is primarily concentrated in: California, where 16 percent live, New York, where 10 percent live and Florida, where 10 percent live. Apart from The United States Specter is found in 25 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 18 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Specter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Specter has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 8,400 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Specter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Specter surname are 8.59% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.36% registered with the political party.

Specter earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 19.46% more than the national average, earning $51,547 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Speckter9362/
Spechter939/
Specte9228/
Spekter8619/
Spichter801/
Spectech801/
Spektere801/
Speakter801/
Shpekter801/
Specty7762/
Specta7717/
Spizter711/
Spitzter670/
Spekta624/
Spekty622/
Spicthy573/
Spickty573/
Szpeakti531/
Spaigtes530/

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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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  • 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 Specter
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