Spenke Surname
Approximately 160 people bear this surname
Spenke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 140 | 1:575,039 | 46,885 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Spenke Demographics
Spenke Political Affiliation
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Spenke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Spenke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Spenke is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Spenke.
How Common Is The Last Name Spenke? popularity and diffusion
Spenke is the 1,374,607th most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 45,547,162 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Spenke are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 89 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname Spenke is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 575,039. In Germany it is mostly found in: Saxony, where 26 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 24 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent are found. Not including Germany this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found and Scotland, where 3 percent are found.
Spenke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Spenke has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Spenke surname increased 350 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Spenke Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Spenke are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 75% being registered with the political party.
Spenke earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 51.36% more than the national average, earning $65,312 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spenk | 91 | 38 | / |
| Spencker | 86 | 35 | / |
| Speuncke | 86 | 0 | / |
| Spence | 83 | 100,165 | / |
| Spinke | 83 | 10 | / |
| Spenki | 83 | 3 | / |
| Spenck | 83 | 1 | / |
| Spnk | 80 | 2 | / |
| Spincke | 77 | 8 | / |
| Spenche | 77 | 4 | / |
| Speence | 77 | 3 | / |
| Spencey | 77 | 3 | / |
| Spinkey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Spencei | 77 | 1 | / |
| Spinkes | 77 | 1 | / |
| Spinkie | 77 | 0 | / |
| Spink | 73 | 8,680 | / |
| Spenc | 73 | 34 | / |
| Speng | 73 | 16 | / |
| Spenx | 73 | 1 | / |
| Spnks | 73 | 0 | / |
| Spenkova | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shpenkova | 67 | 275 | / |
| Spinka | 67 | 222 | / |
| Spynka | 67 | 85 | / |
| Spinck | 67 | 62 | / |
| Spinky | 67 | 7 | / |
| Spengs | 67 | 6 | / |
| Spinki | 67 | 5 | / |
| Spencs | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Spenke
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