Spenger Surname

512,152nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 638 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria

Spenger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spenger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3281:245,44326,770
Austria1641:51,9238,178
United States651:5,576,291276,051
Switzerland551:149,32614,246
Hungary111:892,38945,166
England41:13,929,515290,718
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:6,093,842135,151
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

The alternate forms: Špenger (15) are calculated separately.

Spenger Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spenger is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Špenger. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spenger? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 512,152nd most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 11,422,486 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 89 percent of Spenger live; 86 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 328 people, or 1 in 245,443. In Germany it is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 91 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 4 percent reside and Thuringia, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Germany it exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 26 percent reside and The United States, where 10 percent reside.

Spenger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Spenger has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Spenger last name expanded 361 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Spenger Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Spenger last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.

Spenger earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.56% more than the national average, earning $50,726 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 Spenger
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