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 occurs more in Canada more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Šponja. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sponja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Sponja occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Sponja live; 64 percent live in North America and 43 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most commonly held in Canada, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 7,369,118. In Canada Sponja is most common in: British Columbia, where 80 percent are found and Ontario, where 20 percent are found. Apart from Canada this last name is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 21 percent are found and Brazil, where 14 percent are found.
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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