Spenncer Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Taiwan

Spenncer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spenncer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England11:55,718,059489,080
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686

Spenncer Last Name Facts

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

Spenncer is found most frequently in The United States. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Spenncer? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most frequently held last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 71 percent of Spenncer live; 71 percent live in North America and 71 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The last name Spenncer is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States Spenncer is primarily concentrated in: California, where 60 percent live, Arkansas, where 20 percent live and Missouri, where 20 percent live. Not including The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 14 percent live and Taiwan, where 14 percent live.

Spenncer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Spenncer has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Spenncer surname fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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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 Spenncer
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