Spiess Surname
Approximately 9,634 people bear this surname
Spiess Surname Definition:
(Ger.) Spear, Lance [Ger. spiess, Middle High German spiez, O.H.Ger. spioz]
Spiess Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,837 | 1:127,761 | 13,516 |
| Switzerland | 2,053 | 1:4,000 | 562 |
| Germany | 1,806 | 1:44,577 | 5,840 |
| France | 753 | 1:88,211 | 12,616 |
| Brazil | 686 | 1:312,062 | 12,022 |
| Austria | 493 | 1:17,273 | 2,619 |
| Canada | 305 | 1:120,805 | 12,696 |
| Italy | 233 | 1:262,475 | 34,684 |
| Argentina | 111 | 1:385,076 | 29,732 |
| Australia | 49 | 1:550,933 | 40,757 |
| Poland | 45 | 1:844,639 | 65,213 |
| Chile | 33 | 1:533,833 | 13,415 |
| Uruguay | 23 | 1:149,207 | 13,102 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| Paraguay | 21 | 1:344,607 | 5,239 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| Czechia | 16 | 1:664,592 | 62,292 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Denmark | 15 | 1:376,314 | 25,792 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Panama | 10 | 1:391,226 | 8,067 |
| Mexico | 9 | 1:13,791,801 | 45,470 |
| Spain | 8 | 1:5,844,004 | 86,878 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,429,866 | 40,727 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 216 | 1:232,494 | 19,571 |
The alternate forms: Špiess (3) are calculated separately.
Spiess (12) may also be a first name.
Spiess Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Ger.) Spear, Lance [Ger. spiess, Middle High German spiez, O.H.Ger. spioz]
(German) One who fashioned objects on a lathe, a turner; one who came from Spies, in Germany.
Spiess Demographics
Average Male Spiess Height
177.4 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Spiess Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Spiess Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Spiess occurs most in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant: Špiess. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Spiess? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 53,061st most common surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 756,440 people. The surname Spiess occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of Spiess live; 53 percent live in Western Europe and 44 percent live in Germanic Europe. Spiess is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 12 people.
It is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 2,837 people, or 1 in 127,761. In The United States Spiess is most prevalent in: Minnesota, where 12 percent are found, Ohio, where 8 percent are found and California, where 6 percent are found. Barring The United States this surname occurs in 48 countries. It also occurs in Switzerland, where 21 percent are found and Germany, where 19 percent are found.
Spiess Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Spiess has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Spiess last name grew 1,313 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Spiess Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Spiess surname is primarily Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Spiess surname are 18.19% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 64.96% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Spiess earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 30.64% more than the national average, earning 452,106 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 31.58% more than the national average, earning R 312,684 per year; in United States they earn 12.83% more than the national average, earning $48,684 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.89% less than the national average, earning $49,242 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
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