Spieel Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Spieel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spieel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

The alternate forms: Spieël (2) are calculated separately.

Spieel Last Name Facts

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

Spieel is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Spieël. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spieel? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most widely held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 50 percent of Spieel reside; 50 percent reside in Southern Africa and 50 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

Spieel is most frequently occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 27,088,852. Excluding South Africa Spieel occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 25 percent are found and The United States, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spieël942/
Spiesel9219/
Spießel922/
Spiecel921/
Spiel91825/
Spiessel861/
Spiele83178/
Spiesl8343/
Spiehl8339/
Shpiel8315/
Szpiel832/
Spield831/
Spuehel772/
Speuele771/
Spielová711/
Spjeld67149/
Spjell6745/
Spégel675/
Spelova62141/
Shpyhel6250/
Spilova625/
Spouill621/
Shpilova5739/
Spoialova534/
Sphihoile531/

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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
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  • 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 Spieel
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