Spethman Surname

1,185,157th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 200 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Australia

Spethman Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spethman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1691:2,144,727135,635
Australia281:964,13257,058
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Spethman Last Name Facts

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

Spethman is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Spethman? popularity and diffusion

The surname Spethman is the 1,185,157th most common last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 36,437,730 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 85 percent of Spethman are found; 85 percent are found in North America and 85 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 169 people, or 1 in 2,144,727. In The United States it is most common in: Nebraska, where 30 percent live, Illinois, where 17 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account The United States this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 14 percent live and Germany, where 1 percent live.

Spethman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Spethman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Spethman surname grew 1,056 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Spethman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Spethman last name are 27.59% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 74.36% being registered with the party.

Spethman earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.1% more than the national average, earning $47,077 USD per year.

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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 Spethman
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