Spenig Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Argentina

Spenig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Spenig Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina191:2,249,653107,269
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Spenig Last Name Facts

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

The last name Spenig has its highest incidence in Argentina. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Spenig.

How Common Is The Last Name Spenig? popularity and diffusion

The surname Spenig is the 4,427,875th most frequently used surname globally, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Spenig live; 95 percent live in South America and 95 percent live in Hispanic Southern America.

It is most commonly used in Argentina, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 2,249,653. In Argentina Spenig is most frequent in: Buenos Aires Province, where 68 percent live and Santiago del Estero Province, where 32 percent live. Without taking into account Argentina this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Szpienig862/
Spenik83123/
Spänig8328/
Spanig8313/
Spannig7719/
Shpenik7716/
Szpenik772/
Spetnik772/
Szpienik7125/
Spanik67220/
Spanic67137/
Sponik6753/
Špenik6711/
Spinix679/
Spinic672/
Spenec671/
Spenek670/
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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 Spenig
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