Sperius Surname

1,032,007th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 244 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Romania

Sperius Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sperius Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1431:370,22127,074
Romania931:215,89121,129
Greece51:2,215,95891,893
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

The alternate forms: Speriuș (36) & Speriuş (3) are calculated separately.

Sperius (526) may also be a first name.

Sperius Last Name Facts

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

Sperius has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It may be found as: Speriuș or Speriuş. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sperius? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,032,007th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 29,866,991 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Sperius live; 59 percent live in East Africa and 59 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 367,904th most common first name on earth, borne by 526 people.

The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 143 people, or 1 in 370,221. In Tanzania Sperius is most common in: Kagera Region, where 99 percent live and Mwanza Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Tanzania it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 38 percent live and Greece, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Speriuș9536/
Speriuş953/
Spierieus8827/
Spirius8664/
Sporius8614/
Sparius861/
Sparrius80155/
Spirgius8013/
Spiroiu71102/
Spyriou711/

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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 Sperius
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