Spiessens Surname

233,295th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,729 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Spiessens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spiessens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1,5401:7,4651,005
Netherlands1131:149,44422,442
France491:1,355,566135,191
Germany91:8,945,051266,530
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
England31:18,572,686338,250
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Spiessens Last Name Facts

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

The last name Spiessens is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spiessens? popularity and diffusion

The surname Spiessens is the 233,295th most frequent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 4,214,891 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 99 percent of Spiessens live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 92 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most commonly used in Belgium, where it is borne by 1,540 people, or 1 in 7,465. In Belgium Spiessens is most frequent in: Flemish Region, where 96 percent are found, Walloon Region, where 3 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Belgium Spiessens occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 7 percent are found and France, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spissens9413/
Spiesens943/
Spessens941/
Speassens893/
Spuesens8288/
Spiecens821/
Spiens801/
Spezens751/
Spieins751/
Spicins6321/
Spience630/
Spiggins590/
Spiaggins561/

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Spiessens Reference & Research

Pierssens DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Pierssens FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Spiessens
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