Spettigue Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Spettigue Surname Definition:

A Cornish local name; place unknown.

Spettigue Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States391:9,293,819392,288
Canada341:1,083,69479,951
England331:1,688,42669,999
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England481:507,82027,631
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Spettigue Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Cornish local name; place unknown.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

This is said to be an old Cornish family; but it is doubted if the Spettigues were not originally from another part of England." Lower says it is "a Cornish local name, place unknown." The last part of the name may be the same with that in Killigrew and Pettigrew, q. v.

Patronymica Cornu-Britannica (1870) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Spettigue Last Name Facts

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

The last name Spettigue is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spettigue? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,755,741st most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 64 percent of Spettigue are found; 64 percent are found in North America and 64 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 9,293,819. In The United States Spettigue is mostly concentrated in: Arizona, where 44 percent reside, New York, where 13 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 31 percent reside and England, where 30 percent reside.

Spettigue Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Spettigue has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Spettigue last name increased 557 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 31 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Spettigue Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Spettigue surname are 42.12% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 88.89% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Spettigue earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 36.46% more than the national average, earning $58,882 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.55% more than the national average, earning $53,932 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spettegue890/
Spettig885/
Spetegue820/
Spitticue780/
Spetteck711/
Spätig67109/
Spetic6757/
Spetek678/
Spittek633/
Spejtek631/
Speitec631/
Spichtig59679/
Spetikova563/
Špetik531/
Spitik531/
Spitic531/
Špejtek5039/
Szpytik501/
Shpitik501/

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