Spencelayh Surname

2,007,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 87 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Spencelayh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spencelayh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England821:679,48938,951
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523

Spencelayh Last Name Facts

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

Spencelayh is most common in England. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Spencelayh click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spencelayh? popularity and diffusion

Spencelayh is the 2,007,164th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 83,764,896 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Spencelayh live; 94 percent live in Northern Europe and 94 percent live in British Isles.

The surname is most prevalent in England, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 679,489. In England it is most numerous in: Durham, where 39 percent are found, Tyne and Wear, where 16 percent are found and Staffordshire, where 11 percent are found. Beside England this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 5 percent are found and Cambodia, where 1 percent are found.

Spencelayh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Spencelayh has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Spencelayh surname increased 482 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spencely89125/
Spenceley841,431/
Spensely783/
Spenseley741/
Spenciley740/
Spengele6726/
Spengeler6366/
Spengelis632/
Spinzola5619/
Špengele561/
Spensile561/
Špengelis531/

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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
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  • 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 Spencelayh
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