Spell Surname
Approximately 7,563 people bear this surname
Spell Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7,341 | 1:49,375 | 5,985 |
| Guatemala | 60 | 1:268,044 | 4,260 |
| Germany | 32 | 1:2,515,796 | 126,826 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Colombia | 12 | 1:3,981,173 | 16,511 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 9 | 1:12,264 | 1,665 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 17 | 1:1,433,845 | 49,523 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 774 | 1:64,882 | 7,072 |
Spell (56) may also be a first name.
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Spell Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Spell Come From? nationality or country of origin
Spell is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Spell? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 65,981st most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 963,579 people. Spell occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Spell reside; 97 percent reside in North America and 97 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,321,957th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 56 people.
This surname 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 Spell is most numerous in: North Carolina, where 17 percent reside, Texas, where 11 percent reside and Georgia, where 11 percent reside. Besides The United States it exists in 41 countries. It is also found in Guatemala, where 1 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.
Spell Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Spell has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 948 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 59 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Spell Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Spell last name 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
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spuell | 91 | 5 | / |
| Speell | 91 | 1 | / |
| Spoell | 91 | 0 | / |
| Spel | 89 | 461 | / |
| Spill | 80 | 1,267 | / |
| Spelt | 80 | 1,003 | / |
| Spiel | 80 | 825 | / |
| Spoel | 80 | 454 | / |
| Speel | 80 | 235 | / |
| Spehl | 80 | 151 | / |
| Speld | 80 | 34 | / |
| Späll | 80 | 15 | / |
| Shpel | 80 | 4 | / |
| Spael | 80 | 4 | / |
| Sppel | 80 | 1 | / |
| Spuel | 80 | 1 | / |
| Schppell | 77 | 2 | / |
| Spl | 75 | 36 | / |
| Spiehl | 73 | 39 | / |
| Spuill | 73 | 15 | / |
| Shpiel | 73 | 15 | / |
| Speldt | 73 | 3 | / |
| Spieël | 73 | 2 | / |
| Szpiel | 73 | 2 | / |
| Szpelt | 73 | 2 | / |
| Schpel | 73 | 1 | / |
| Spil | 67 | 520 | / |
| Spelova | 67 | 141 | / |
| Jspl | 67 | 31 | / |
| Shpehel | 67 | 10 | / |
| Sspl | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sphl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spld | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spyl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shpl | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spehele | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chpfell | 67 | 0 | / |
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Spell Reference & Research
Spell FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis