Spirka Surname

998,609th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 256 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Estonia

Spirka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spirka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Poland691:550,85151,833
United States491:7,397,121336,459
Hungary311:316,65423,519
Latvia211:97,62113,922
Germany191:4,237,129172,669
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Estonia151:88,12015,474
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
Russia131:11,086,389347,183
Slovakia51:1,067,29085,393
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Špirka (244) are calculated separately.

Spirka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spirka (Russian: Спирка) is held by more people in Poland than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Špirka. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spirka? popularity and diffusion

The surname Spirka is the 998,609th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 28,466,976 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 69 percent of Spirka live; 46 percent live in Eastern Europe and 29 percent live in West Slavic Europe.

Spirka is most widespread in Poland, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 550,851. Besides Poland this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 19 percent live and Hungary, where 12 percent live.

Spirka Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Spirka has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Spirka surname grew 4,900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Spirka Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Spirka surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.

The amount Spirka earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 2.45% more than the national average, earning $44,204 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.14% more than the national average, earning $53,728 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Špirka94244/
Shpirka9243/
Spyrka832,107/
Sperka831,191/
Spirko83576/
Spurka83100/
Spirca8371/
Spirkó8328/
Spirke8310/
Shpyrka771,014/
Szpyrka771,011/
Shpirko77243/
Szperka77215/
Szpurka77211/
Szpirko7710/
Spirker771/
Speirko771/
Sperkach71426/
Spyrkach7141/
Sperkacz7131/
Schpyrka713/
Šperka67484/
Špirko67284/
Spreca67228/
Sperko6797/
Sperke6778/
Spyrke6765/
Spyrko6763/
Spircă6720/
Shperkach6718/
Špyrka676/
Spirce675/
Spirco675/
Szperkacz671/
Śpirko671/
Sperky671/
Sperca671/
Spurko671/
Zperka671/
Spreke670/

Spirka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Spirka in the Russian language
Спиркаspirka-

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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 Spirka
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