Spegelaere Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Spegelaere Surname User-submission:

The Spegelaere surname comes from spiegel-maker, Flemish (Flanders, Belgium) verb for a 'mirror maker' (a smith, thus mirror smith, like goldsmith).

It was a manual quite artful individual craft more than 400 hundred years ago.

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Spegelaere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1121:102,64915,579
England51:11,143,612252,590
France11:66,422,722504,397
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

Spegelaere Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Spegelaere surname comes from spiegel-maker, Flemish (Flanders, Belgium) verb for a 'mirror maker' (a smith, thus mirror smith, like goldsmith).

It was a manual quite artful individual craft more than 400 hundred years ago. These craftsmen made big mirrors for the castles, and rich traders.

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Spegelaere Last Name Facts

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

Spegelaere occurs in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Spegelaere click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spegelaere? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,637,889th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 59,733,983 people. The surname Spegelaere is primarily found in Europe, where 98 percent of Spegelaere reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 80 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Spegelaere is most widely held in Belgium, where it is held by 112 people, or 1 in 102,649. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 87 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 13 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Beside Belgium this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spiegeleire8624/
Spiegeler84275/
Speigeler841/
Spiegelhauer82493/
Spiegelaar80148/
Spiegeleer8028/
Spiguelaire7623/
Spiegelhuer763/
Spiegelhaur761/
Spigeleer7425/
Spiegel Roy672/
Spiegel-Rau671/
Subgiller531/

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