Spench Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Spench Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spench Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150

Spench Last Name Facts

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

Spench (Russian: Спэнч) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spench? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,360,413th most frequent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 44 percent of Spench live; 44 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

Spench is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mwanza Region, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Tanzania this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 44 percent reside and England, where 11 percent reside.

Spench Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Spench has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Spench surname decreased 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spenche924/
Spencht921/
Spenc9134/
Spence83100,165/
Sponch833/
Spenci832/
Spinch831/
Spencs830/
Spanch830/
Spnc801/
Speence773/
Spensce771/
Spens73768/
Spenz734/
Spnce731/
Spenx731/
Spenst671,065/
Spaens67217/
Spense6772/
Spentz6733/
Spince6715/
Spenze673/
Spendz672/
Spenje671/
Spen's671/
Spoens671/
Spincz671/
Spiens671/
Spemce670/
Speens670/

Spench Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Spench in the Russian language
Спэнчspenc-

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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 Spench
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