Spellin Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Guyana
Highest density in:
Guyana

Spellin Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spellin Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Guyana41:190,5559,777
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Spellin (12) may also be a first name.

Spellin Last Name Facts

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

Spellin is more commonly found in Guyana than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spellin? popularity and diffusion

The surname Spellin is the 8,193,072nd most common family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Spellin live; 80 percent live in South America and 80 percent live in Gallo-Germanic South America. It is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 12 people.

This last name is most widely held in Guyana, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 190,555. In Guyana Spellin is most frequent in: East Berbice-Corentyne, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Guyana this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Spellin Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Spellin has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Spellin surname fell 93 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Spellin Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Spellin last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spelling93533/
Spellink930/
Spellen86488/
Spillin860/
Splin830/
Spilling80691/
Spælling8050/
Spillina800/
Splint77229/
Splina7736/
Spling773/
Splien771/
Splink770/
Spillen717/
Spiglin711/
Spillne710/
Špilling674/
Splinova674/
Splen673/
Schøpflin631/
Spleen62175/
Splent623/
Splaen620/
Xpln552/
Zpln551/
Špėlienė532/

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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 Spellin
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