Spirek Surname

930,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Spirek Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spirek Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1781:2,036,286130,241
Austria711:119,93616,774
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Australia91:2,999,522116,751
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

The alternate forms: Špirek (79) & Špírek (119) are calculated separately.

Spirek Last Name Facts

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

The last name Spirek is more frequently found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Špirek or Špírek. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Spirek? popularity and diffusion

Spirek is the 930,678th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 25,751,046 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 46 percent of Spirek live; 45 percent live in North America and 45 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 178 people, or 1 in 2,036,286. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Illinois, where 19 percent are found, Kentucky, where 7 percent are found and North Carolina, where 7 percent are found. Besides The United States it occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 25 percent are found and Czechia, where 4 percent are found.

Spirek Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Spirek surname are 33.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 80% being registered with the party.

Spirek earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.15% more than the national average, earning $44,077 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Špirek9479/
Spireck922/
Špírek89119/
Spurek83596/
Spirik8365/
Spyrek832/
Spirex832/
Spirekova801/
Szpurek77173/
Spirzyk7713/
Spureck778/
Szperek771/
Spirkova71335/
Spirickx711/
Spirig671,586/
Spiric67163/
Spirikova67101/
Špurek6793/
Spiřík6737/
Špirec6711/
Shpirkova676/
Sperec671/
Sprejc671/
Sperhecke670/
Spurik670/

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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 Spirek
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