Spettu Surname

1,210,518th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Italy

Spettu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Spettu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1931:316,87439,056
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Spettu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spettu is found most in Italy. It can be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Spettu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,210,518th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 37,564,670 people. The last name Spettu is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Spettu reside; 99 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 99 percent reside in Italic Europe.

The last name is most frequently held in Italy, where it is held by 193 people, or 1 in 316,874. In Italy it is most numerous in: Sardinia, where 99 percent live and Lombardy, where 1 percent live. Outside of Italy this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spittau7742/
Sphethu779/
Spetush771/
Sphittu771/
Spatu732/
Spoitu6764/
Spaitu6737/
Spitau676/
Spithout5732/
Spithult571/

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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 Spettu
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