Spell Surname

65,981st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,563 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Spell Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spell Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7,3411:49,3755,985
Guatemala601:268,0444,260
Germany321:2,515,796126,826
Malaysia181:1,638,56867,452
South Africa161:3,386,106119,139
Colombia121:3,981,17316,511
Israel91:950,84857,975
United States Virgin Islands91:12,2641,665
England71:7,959,723202,100
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Afghanistan41:8,038,29630,874
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
France21:33,211,361423,184
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Guam11:160,1214,893
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States7741:64,8827,072

Spell (56) may also be a first name.

Spell Last Name Facts

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

The last name Spell is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Spell? popularity and diffusion

The surname Spell is the 65,981st most commonly held last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 963,579 people. The last name Spell is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Spell live; 97 percent live in North America and 97 percent live in Anglo-North America. Spell is also the 1,321,957th most prevalent first name in the world. It is borne by 56 people.

It is most frequently used in The United States, where it is held by 7,341 people, or 1 in 49,375. In The United States it is primarily found in: North Carolina, where 17 percent live, Texas, where 11 percent live and Georgia, where 11 percent live. Barring The United States this surname is found in 41 countries. It is also common in Guatemala, where 1 percent live and Germany, where 0 percent live.

Spell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Spell has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Spell surname grew 948 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 59 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Spell Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Spell surname are 4.18% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50.95% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Spell earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.54% less than the national average, earning R 93,780 per year; in Colombia they earn 49.45% more than the national average, earning $33,928,100 COP per year and in United States they earn 11.31% less than the national average, earning $38,268 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spuell915/
Speell911/
Spoell910/
Spel89461/
Spill801,267/
Spelt801,003/
Spiel80825/
Spoel80454/
Speel80235/
Spehl80151/
Speld8034/
Späll8015/
Shpel804/
Spael804/
Sppel801/
Spuel801/
Schppell772/
Spl7536/
Spiehl7339/
Spuill7315/
Shpiel7315/
Speldt733/
Spieël732/
Szpiel732/
Szpelt732/
Schpel731/
Spil67520/
Spelova67141/
Jspl6731/
Shpehel6710/
Sspl672/
Sphl671/
Spld671/
Spyl671/
Shpl671/
Spehele671/
Chpfell670/

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Spell Reference & Research

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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 Spell
  • 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