Spinner Surname

60,776th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,282 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Israel

Spinner Surname Definition:

The Middle English spinner(e, spynner(e [from Old English spinnan, to spin]

Spinner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4,5751:79,2269,047
Germany2,1211:37,9565,016
France4821:137,80621,137
Israel2371:36,1085,008
England2291:243,31019,878
Switzerland1981:41,4795,822
Australia1101:245,41522,739
Canada891:413,99536,402
South Africa571:950,48660,033
Austria331:258,04330,255
Poland251:1,520,35087,293
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Wales191:162,87011,152
Hungary131:755,09840,181
Finland101:549,67032,186
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Netherlands31:5,629,059132,535
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2301:105,98010,540
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6431:78,1018,273

The alternate forms: Špinner (6) are calculated separately.

Spinner (58) may also be a first name.

Spinner Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

The Middle English spinner(e, spynner(e [from Old English spinnan, to spin]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who spun wool or yarn.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

The occupation.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Spinner Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spinner is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Špinner. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spinner? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 60,776th most frequent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 879,926 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 57 percent of Spinner reside; 56 percent reside in North America and 56 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Spinner is also the 1,295,729th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 58 people.

The surname is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 4,575 people, or 1 in 79,226. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 18 percent are found, Virginia, where 11 percent are found and California, where 7 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name exists in 43 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 26 percent are found and France, where 6 percent are found.

Spinner Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Spinner has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Spinner surname expanded 712 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in Wales it expanded 1,900 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Spinner Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Spinner are 12.68% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.45% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Spinner earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 145.88% more than the national average, earning R 584,316 per year; in United States they earn 2.1% more than the national average, earning $44,054 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.45% more than the national average, earning $62,328 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Špinner956/
Shpinner9317/
Spinnert936/
Szpinner934/
Spingner934/
Spinnier933/
Spinnerd930/
Spinnger930/
Spinne9254/
Spinney863,248/
Spenner861,910/
Spinnie8648/
Spinnea8610/
Spnnger861/
Spinnei861/
Spinnet860/
Spinnerová821/
Spinnett8026/
Spinneit8012/
Spennert808/
Spinneys807/
Spengner801/
Spennere801/
Spinneth801/
Spångner801/
Szpenner801/
Spinnirz800/
Spinna7724/
Spinny776/
Spinni773/
Spenne771/
Sphner770/
Spinnoy71325/
Spennes71119/
Spenney7120/
Spennie7113/
Spennerová717/
Spinnid711/
Spennerova711/
Spinnio710/
Spenneit678/
Spennett673/
Hspne671/
Spnni671/
Spney670/

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