Spittel Surname

291,587th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,312 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Sri Lanka

Spittel Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the spittle,' i.e. hospital.

Spittel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6301:127,78615,588
Sri Lanka2921:71,2627,441
United States2671:1,357,52494,287
Netherlands311:544,74849,659
Canada281:1,315,91492,927
England191:2,932,529101,561
Brazil151:14,271,622267,944
France71:9,488,960336,266
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England211:1,160,73243,748
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States411:1,224,84668,768

Spittel Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the spittle,' i.e. hospital.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Spital, a contraction of hospital; a common name of localities.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

Found Spittal, Spital, Spittel. Spital is the name of two places in Austria, of a parish in South Wales, and of a township co. Lincoln. It is a corruption of hospital.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Spittel Last Name Facts

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

Spittel occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Spittel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spittel? popularity and diffusion

Spittel is the 291,587th most frequently occurring family name globally It is held by around 1 in 5,554,532 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 53 percent of Spittel live; 51 percent live in Western Europe and 51 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most widespread in Germany, where it is borne by 630 people, or 1 in 127,786. In Germany it is most numerous in: Thuringia, where 54 percent live, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent live and Lower Saxony, where 11 percent live. Outside of Germany Spittel exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Sri Lanka, where 22 percent live and The United States, where 20 percent live.

Spittel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Spittel has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Spittel last name grew 651 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 10 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Spittel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Spittel surname are 4.45% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 51.22% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Spittel earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 60.5% less than the national average, earning R 93,864 per year; in United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year and in Canada they earn 58.58% more than the national average, earning $78,789 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spittael93115/
Spittell9386/
Spitel9210/
Spettel86799/
Speitel86338/
Spitael8680/
Szpitel8613/
Spaitel865/
Spitell861/
Spitl838/
Spettell8023/
Spietael8020/
Speistel801/
Spuitell801/
Spithell800/
Spicel7716/
Spettl7713/
Spetel7712/
Spytel771/
Spitelová752/
Sputael7122/
Spetell711/
Speisel711/
Spitlet711/
Spele67352/
Speil67277/
Speal67119/
Spile6797/
Spithill6782/
Spail679/
Spissell676/
Sphel672/
Spuil672/
Speyl672/
Spechtel672/
Spoil671/
Speichel670/

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