Spenny Surname

887,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 303 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Spenny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spenny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2351:1,542,378104,414
Germany381:2,118,565113,742
Papua New Guinea301:271,79136,992
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England51:4,875,074116,529
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States541:929,97655,839

Spenny (48) may also be a first name.

Spenny Last Name Facts

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

The last name Spenny has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Spenny? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 887,624th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 24,051,307 people. The surname Spenny occurs mostly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Spenny live; 76 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,448,253rd most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 48 people.

It is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 235 people, or 1 in 1,542,378. In The United States Spenny is most prevalent in: Illinois, where 19 percent live, Michigan, where 18 percent live and Ohio, where 13 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 13 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent live.

Spenny Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Spenny has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Spenny last name increased 435 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Spenny Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Spenny surname are 27.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 74.29% registered with the party.

Spenny earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 11.64% less than the national average, earning $38,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spenney9220/
Spenna8310/
Spinny836/
Spenni832/
Spenne831/
Spinney773,248/
Spenner771,910/
Spinnoy77325/
Spennes77119/
Spennie7713/
Spennis771/
Spnni731/
Spney730/
Spenneit718/
Spinneys717/
Spennett713/
Szpenner711/
Spengner711/
Spennaid710/
Spinne6754/
Spinna6724/
Spänni6712/
Spinni673/

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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 Spenny
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