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 in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Spench click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spench? popularity and diffusion

Spench is the 6,360,413th most commonly used surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name Spench is primarily found in Africa, where 44 percent of Spench live; 44 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Spench is most numerous in: Mwanza Region, where 100 percent live. Excluding Tanzania this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 44 percent live and England, where 11 percent live.

Spench Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Spench has changed through the years. 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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