Spiritu Surname

2,121,169th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 79 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mexico
Highest density in:
Mexico

Spiritu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spiritu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mexico461:2,698,39621,792
Philippines161:6,327,389184,366
Venezuela51:6,040,81547,898
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

The alternate forms: Spíritu (3) are calculated separately.

Spiritu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Spiritu is borne by more people in Mexico than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Spíritu. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spiritu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Spiritu is the 2,121,169th most common last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 92,247,417 people. The last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 76 percent of Spiritu are found; 63 percent are found in North America and 58 percent are found in Hispano-North America.

It is most commonly occurring in Mexico, where it is held by 46 people, or 1 in 2,698,396. In Mexico it is most frequent in: México, where 33 percent live, Querétaro, where 22 percent live and San Luis Potosí, where 15 percent live. Besides Mexico Spiritu occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 20 percent live and Venezuela, where 6 percent live.

Spiritu Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Spiritu earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 184.02% more than the national average, earning S/. 55,058 per year and in United States they earn 60.7% less than the national average, earning $16,958 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spíritu953/
Spiritus93304/
Spirittu9323/
Spiritou9314/
D'spiritu881/
Speritu861/
Spirytus8048/
Spiretou802/
Spirytuś801/
Spyretou6749/
Spereatu6728/
Spyrytus6710/
Shpyrytus631/

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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 Spiritu
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