Spellings Surname

785,023rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 360 people bear this surname

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

Spellings Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spellings Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3581:1,012,45574,653
England11:55,718,059489,080
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England81:3,046,92180,371
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States481:1,046,22361,047

Spellings Last Name Facts

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

Spellings has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Spellings.

How Common Is The Last Name Spellings? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 785,023rd most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 20,243,183 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 99 percent of Spellings are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 358 people, or 1 in 1,012,455. In The United States it is most numerous in: Tennessee, where 33 percent reside, Texas, where 31 percent reside and California, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and Malaysia, where 0 percent reside.

Spellings Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Spellings has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 746 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Spellings Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Spellings last name are 1.34% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.89% registered to vote for the political party.

Spellings earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.5% more than the national average, earning $48,111 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spelling94533/
Spillings89160/
Spilling82691/
Spælling8250/
Spellink820/
Spling803/
Špilling714/
Spillingova701/
Splink670/
Špillingová609/
Splinkova563/

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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 Spellings
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