Spira Surname
Approximately 2,830 people bear this surname
Spira Surname Definition:
(German) One who came from Spira, now spelled Speyer, in Bavaria.
Spira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,316 | 1:275,425 | 25,763 |
| Germany | 590 | 1:136,450 | 16,592 |
| Canada | 117 | 1:314,920 | 28,951 |
| Australia | 113 | 1:238,900 | 22,291 |
| France | 107 | 1:620,773 | 81,454 |
| Israel | 65 | 1:131,656 | 14,227 |
| Poland | 50 | 1:760,175 | 61,940 |
| England | 49 | 1:1,137,103 | 53,999 |
| Italy | 49 | 1:1,248,096 | 75,884 |
| Switzerland | 48 | 1:171,102 | 15,661 |
| South Africa | 40 | 1:1,354,443 | 73,245 |
| Sweden | 26 | 1:378,721 | 26,697 |
| Austria | 26 | 1:327,517 | 36,002 |
| Latvia | 22 | 1:93,184 | 13,456 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Argentina | 20 | 1:2,137,171 | 104,027 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| Kenya | 16 | 1:2,886,244 | 37,784 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Norway | 10 | 1:514,229 | 41,629 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Slovakia | 9 | 1:592,939 | 64,129 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Albania | 2 | 1:1,457,028 | 24,967 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
The alternate forms: Spíra (4) & Špíra (10) are calculated separately.
Spira (971) may also be a first name.
Spira Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(German) One who came from Spira, now spelled Speyer, in Bavaria.
Spira Demographics
Average Male Spira Height
174.1 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Spira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Spira Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Spira (Arabic: سبيرا, Hindi: स्पिरा, Russian: Спира) is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant: Spíra or Špíra. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Spira? popularity and diffusion
The surname Spira is the 155,005th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 2,575,105 people. The surname Spira is primarily found in The Americas, where 52 percent of Spira live; 51 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 258,685th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 971 people.
This last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 1,316 people, or 1 in 275,425. In The United States Spira is mostly found in: New York, where 55 percent live, California, where 11 percent live and New Jersey, where 6 percent live. Other than The United States it exists in 48 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 21 percent live and Canada, where 4 percent live.
Spira Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Spira has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Spira last name rose 8,773 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 490 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Spira Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Spira surname are 42.95% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 96.18% being registered with the political party.
The amount Spira earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 30.61% less than the national average, earning 240,151 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 202.18% more than the national average, earning R 718,092 per year; in United States they earn 0.21% more than the national average, earning $43,238 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.13% more than the national average, earning $54,219 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Spira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spira in the Hindi language | ||
| स्पिरा | spira | - |
| Spira in the Russian language | ||
| Спира | spira | - |
| Spira in the Arabic language | ||
| سبيرا | sbyra | - |
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Spira Reference & Research
Shapiro FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Shapiro 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
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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 Spira
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