Spiegler Surname

184,200th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,304 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Israel

Spiegler Surname Definition:

(from an ancestor's occupation) “Mirror maker,” in German.

Spiegler Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,1191:71,9449,123
United States6581:550,84945,535
Israel3651:23,4463,455
France641:1,037,855114,367
England231:2,422,52489,093
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
Hungary151:654,41837,235
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
Belgium61:1,916,107103,447
Switzerland51:1,642,58387,307
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
United States Virgin Islands11:110,3756,934
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Spiegler Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(from an ancestor's occupation) “Mirror maker,” in German.

— Rabbi Benzion Kaganoff

Spiegler Last Name Facts

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

Spiegler occurs most in Germany. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spiegler? popularity and diffusion

The last name Spiegler is the 184,200th most frequent family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 3,162,997 people. The surname Spiegler occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Spiegler reside; 52 percent reside in Western Europe and 49 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most widespread in Germany, where it is carried by 1,119 people, or 1 in 71,944. In Germany Spiegler is most common in: Bavaria, where 31 percent reside, Thuringia, where 28 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 13 percent reside. Outside of Germany this last name exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Israel, where 16 percent reside.

Spiegler Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Spiegler has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Spiegler last name rose 3,656 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Spiegler Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Spiegler surname are 32.82% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 86.05% being registered with the party.

The amount Spiegler earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 76.9% more than the national average, earning R 420,372 per year; in United States they earn 18.58% more than the national average, earning $51,164 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.85% less than the national average, earning $47,274 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shpiegler941/
Spiegle93299/
Spigler93250/
Spegler934/
Spoegler8840/
Shpigler8833/
Speigler8821/
Szpigler8817/
Spieggle883/
Spicgler882/
Speugler881/
Speegler880/
Spieglerová845/
Speigeler821/
Speangler821/
Spiegla8027/
Szpiegla7533/
Spaugler750/

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