Sperber Surname

54,189th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,400 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Sperber Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sperber Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany5,2491:15,3372,015
United States2,3851:151,97415,608
Brazil7111:301,08911,610
Israel3141:27,2543,964
Netherlands1821:92,78715,250
Canada881:418,70036,754
Argentina671:637,96144,681
Austria591:144,32919,392
France451:1,476,060142,161
Australia431:627,80744,139
Poland361:1,055,79973,637
Ecuador331:481,99510,698
Denmark281:201,59716,538
England271:2,063,63279,942
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Hungary161:613,51735,830
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Paraguay91:804,0838,568
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
New Zealand71:646,90340,014
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Italy41:15,289,172132,955
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
China31:455,773,85521,925
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Colombia21:23,887,03632,612
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1601:313,86724,665

The alternate forms: Šperber (1) are calculated separately.

Sperber Last Name Facts

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

Sperber (Russian: Спербер) is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Šperber. For other potential spellings of Sperber click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sperber? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 54,189th most frequent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 775,271 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 61 percent of Sperber live; 59 percent live in Western Europe and 58 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Sperber is most commonly occurring in Germany, where it is held by 5,249 people, or 1 in 15,337. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Bavaria, where 54 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Germany this surname is found in 44 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 25 percent live and Brazil, where 8 percent live.

Sperber Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sperber has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Sperber surname rose 1,491 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 2,700 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Sperber Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sperber are 33.98% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.21% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sperber earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 85.76% less than the national average, earning R 33,840 per year; in Colombia they earn 22.94% less than the national average, earning $17,495,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 14.63% more than the national average, earning $49,462 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.43% less than the national average, earning $47,977 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šperber951/
Szperber9324/
Shperber9324/
Ssperber931/
Sperbert930/
Sperbe921/
Sparber86970/
Sperwer8626/
Sperver8610/
Sporber861/
Spirber860/
Sperbes860/
Sperberová821/
Shparber80138/
Sperby7725/
Shparberh756/
Spearba711/
Šparber711/
Sperbis711/
Sperbitz671/
Spervy621/
Sprewer57168/
Sprevir570/
Sparbier5364/
Sporbier530/
Spahrbier5063/

Sperber Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sperber in the Russian language
Сперберsperber-

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sperber
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