Speld Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Suriname

Speld Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Speld Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands281:603,11352,179
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Suriname11:552,6169,664

Speld Last Name Facts

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

The last name Speld is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Speld.

How Common Is The Last Name Speld? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,373,373rd most frequently occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. The surname Speld occurs predominantly in Europe, where 82 percent of Speld are found; 82 percent are found in Western Europe and 82 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 28 people, or 1 in 603,113. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Utrecht, where 32 percent live, Groningen, where 25 percent live and North Holland, where 25 percent live. Aside from The Netherlands it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in New Zealand, where 9 percent live and Australia, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Speldt913/
Spield911/
Spel89461/
Spld891/
Spell807,563/
Spelt801,003/
Spiel80825/
Spoel80454/
Speel80235/
Spehl80151/
Shpel804/
Spael804/
Sppel801/
Spild801/
Spuel801/
Speldova773/
Spl7536/
Speltz731,103/
Spelts73563/
Spiehl7339/
Spelte7332/
Shpiel7315/
Spuell735/
Szpelt732/
Spieël732/
Szpiel732/
Schpel731/
Spelht731/
Speell731/
Spoell730/
Spil67520/
Spelova67141/
Jspl6731/
Shpehel6710/
Sspl672/
Sphl671/
Spyl671/
Shpl671/
Spehele671/

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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 Speld
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