Spengler Surname

31,240th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17,091 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Spengler Surname Definition:

“Plumber” - South German version.

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Spengler Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany9,8131:8,2041,014
United States2,9681:122,12213,028
Brazil1,7921:119,4614,529
Switzerland7061:11,6331,918
France4571:145,34522,476
Argentina4221:101,2888,552
South Africa2371:228,59823,729
Hungary2101:46,7444,988
Australia701:385,65331,598
Austria561:152,06120,229
England501:1,114,36153,243
Cuba491:235,1574,670
Canada431:856,87466,382
Sweden331:298,38720,789
Russia281:5,147,252226,919
Denmark271:209,06416,975
Netherlands271:625,45153,034
Spain181:2,597,33559,996
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Mexico141:8,866,15837,743
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Malta11:430,2723,380
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6001:83,6988,740

The alternate forms: Špengler (25) are calculated separately.

Spengler (14) may also be a first name.

Spengler Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Plumber” - South German version.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

(German) One who worked with tin, a tinsmith.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

This surname comes from the German surname, Spengler, meaning 'tinsmith'.

- geowizardsj

Spengler Last Name Facts

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

Spengler (Russian: Спенглер) occurs most in Germany. It can be found as: Špengler. Click here for further potential spellings of Spengler.

How Common Is The Last Name Spengler? popularity and diffusion

Spengler is the 31,240th most frequently used last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 426,397 people. The surname Spengler is primarily found in Europe, where 67 percent of Spengler live; 65 percent live in Western Europe and 62 percent live in Germanic Europe. Spengler is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held forename in the world It is held by 14 people.

It is most frequently held in Germany, where it is borne by 9,813 people, or 1 in 8,204. In Germany it is most numerous in: Bavaria, where 20 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 20 percent live and Hesse, where 14 percent live. Besides Germany Spengler is found in 54 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 17 percent live and Brazil, where 10 percent live.

Spengler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Spengler has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Spengler last name expanded 495 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 417 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Spengler Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Spengler surname are 9.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 56.73% being registered with the political party.

The amount Spengler earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 31.98% more than the national average, earning R 313,644 per year; in United States they earn 6.87% more than the national average, earning $46,115 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.8% less than the national average, earning $48,791 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Spengler Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Spengler in the Russian language
Спенглерspengler-

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Spengler Reference & Research

Spangler DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Spangler FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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