Spengel Surname

738,530th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 391 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Germany

Spengel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spengel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1911:1,897,691123,202
Germany1901:423,71338,363
Poland81:4,751,094138,864
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States301:1,673,95687,330

Spengel Last Name Facts

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

The last name Spengel is most common in The United States. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spengel? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 738,530th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 18,638,225 people. The surname Spengel is mostly found in Europe, where 51 percent of Spengel reside; 49 percent reside in Western Europe and 49 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Spengel is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 191 people, or 1 in 1,897,691. In The United States it is most frequent in: Illinois, where 29 percent are found, Missouri, where 18 percent are found and California, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account The United States it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 49 percent are found and Poland, where 2 percent are found.

Spengel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Spengel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Spengel surname grew 637 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Spengel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Spengel last name are 29.59% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 76.36% registered to vote for the party.

Spengel earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 24.48% more than the national average, earning $53,712 USD per year.

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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 Spengel
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