Spits Surname

281,089th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,373 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Spits Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spits Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands7151:23,6183,819
Belgium4611:24,9383,950
Australia641:421,80833,593
United States511:7,107,038327,397
France211:3,162,987209,042
Zimbabwe101:1,543,82478,460
Estonia81:165,22626,217
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
England51:11,143,612252,590
Spain51:9,350,407109,555
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Spits Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spits (Russian: Спиц) is found most in The Netherlands. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Spits.

How Common Is The Last Name Spits? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 281,089th most commonly held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 5,307,754 people. The last name Spits is predominantly found in Europe, where 90 percent of Spits reside; 87 percent reside in Western Europe and 61 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 715 people, or 1 in 23,618. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: North Holland, where 30 percent are found, South Holland, where 23 percent are found and Limburg, where 10 percent are found. Besides The Netherlands this surname occurs in 28 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 34 percent are found and Australia, where 5 percent are found.

Spits Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Spits has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 319 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Spits Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Spits surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.

Spits earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.4% more than the national average, earning $48,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shpits91598/
Spaits91245/
Spitse91210/
Spitts9134/
Spitzs911/
Spuits910/
Spiets910/
Speits910/
Shpitts8313/
Spaihts8313/
Spitz8013,674/
Spets801,387/
Spics8042/
Spyts8027/
Spitsova77186/
Speichts7743/
Speithts772/
Spaithts771/
Speets73281/
Spietz73243/
Spitze73241/
Shpyts7399/
Shpets7392/
Spidsø7332/
Spetse7315/
Shpitz7315/
Spetts7315/
Spaics7314/
Speitz7314/
Spetås735/
Speids733/
Spittz732/
Spehts731/
Spaids731/
Speats730/
Shpitsova717/
Spic6765/
Spiz6755/
Spechts6711/
Spidsøe677/
Spić675/
Shpytts674/
Schpitz672/
Speaths671/

Spits Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Spits in the Russian language
Спицspic-

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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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  • 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 Spits
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