Sponja Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Sponja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Šponja (41) are calculated separately.
Sponja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sponja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sponja is found in Canada more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Šponja. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sponja? popularity and diffusion
Sponja is the 5,213,395th most frequently held family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Sponja is mostly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Sponja reside; 64 percent reside in North America and 43 percent reside in Anglo-North America.
The last name Sponja is most frequently held in Canada, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 7,369,118. In Canada Sponja is most prevalent in: British Columbia, where 80 percent reside and Ontario, where 20 percent reside. Besides Canada this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 21 percent reside and Brazil, where 14 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Šponja | 94 | 41 | / |
| Sponza | 83 | 900 | / |
| Spanja | 83 | 54 | / |
| Sponca | 83 | 17 | / |
| Sponsa | 83 | 16 | / |
| Sponya | 83 | 1 | / |
| Spongia | 77 | 67 | / |
| Sponias | 77 | 5 | / |
| Shponya | 77 | 5 | / |
| Spounia | 77 | 1 | / |
| Spounias | 71 | 49 | / |
| Sponniah | 71 | 2 | / |
| Sponchai | 71 | 1 | / |
| Spagna | 67 | 3,258 | / |
| Spania | 67 | 383 | / |
| Spanca | 67 | 234 | / |
| Španja | 67 | 170 | / |
| Sponzo | 67 | 106 | / |
| Spanje | 67 | 76 | / |
| Spenia | 67 | 36 | / |
| Spanha | 67 | 35 | / |
| Spanea | 67 | 32 | / |
| Spugna | 67 | 17 | / |
| Sponge | 67 | 14 | / |
| Spanza | 67 | 11 | / |
| Sponie | 67 | 5 | / |
| Spomza | 67 | 4 | / |
| Spanji | 67 | 4 | / |
| Spanya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spunya | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Sponja
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