Spinu Surname

55,181st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9,212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Moldova

Spinu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spinu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania5,3371:3,762510
Moldova3,6241:98369
France421:1,581,493147,826
Canada371:995,82774,831
United States361:10,068,304413,125
Portugal281:372,08012,265
England181:3,095,448105,421
Transnistria181:26,3724,484
Italy161:3,822,293103,776
Russia141:10,294,504334,277
United Arab Emirates71:1,308,89651,006
Denmark61:940,78647,603
Turkey31:25,940,474162,557
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: Spînu (1,910) are calculated separately.

Spinu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spinu (Russian: Спину) is found in Romania more than any other country/territory. It can appear as: Spînu. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Spinu? popularity and diffusion

The last name Spinu is the 55,181st most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 791,093 people. This last name is primarily found in Europe, where 99 percent of Spinu reside; 98 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 97 percent reside in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Romania, where it is borne by 5,337 people, or 1 in 3,762. In Romania Spinu is most frequent in: Bucharest Municipality, where 10 percent live, Ialomița County, where 7 percent live and Prahova County, where 6 percent live. Excluding Romania Spinu exists in 32 countries. It also occurs in Moldova, where 39 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.

Spinu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the Spinu surname is primarily Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Spinu last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 60% being registered with the political party.

The amount Spinu earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 86.55% less than the national average, earning €4,040 per year; in United States they earn 13.96% less than the national average, earning $37,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.67% more than the national average, earning $55,479 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spînu931,910/
Spinou91329/
Spionu9143/
Spineu9112/
Spinus918/
Spainu911/
Spinau911/
Spineux83300/
Spingou83197/
Spinoux8323/
Spynu801,153/
Spenu806/
Spainhou771/
Spinoe733/
Spengou6737/
Speneux671/
Spenutt670/

Spinu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Spinu in the Russian language
Спинуspinu-

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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 Spinu
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