Spening Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Sweden

Spening Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Spening 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
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Spening (11) may also be a first name.

Spening Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spening is most common in Argentina. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spening? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 10,311,814th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Spening live; 67 percent live in South America and 67 percent live in Hispanic Southern America. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly used first name in the world, held by 11 people.

This surname is most common in Argentina, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 21,371,707. In Argentina Spening is most common in: Buenos Aires Province, where 100 percent live. Outside of Argentina this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Sweden, where 33 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
Spiening931/
Speining930/
Spining8682/
Spaning866/
Speinin863/
Speanin860/
Spanning8025/
Spinings800/
Spuining800/
Spinin7719/
Spenen771/
Spinina7124/
Shpynin711/
Speneen710/
Spinen623/
Spynyn622/
Spinem621/
Shpinen574/
Spynyna572/
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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 Spening
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