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
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
| 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