Spontón Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Argentina
Highest density in:
Argentina

Spontón Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Spontón Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Argentina131:3,287,955132,850
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295

The alternate forms: Sponton (1,967) are calculated separately.

Spontón Last Name Facts

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

The last name Spontón occurs in Argentina more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Sponton. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Spontón? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,057,639th most widely held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Spontón reside; 93 percent reside in South America and 93 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America.

The last name Spontón is most commonly used in Argentina, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 3,287,955. In Argentina it is most prevalent in: San Luis Province, where 31 percent reside, Santa Fe Province, where 31 percent reside and Catamarca Province, where 23 percent reside. Other than Argentina this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Uruguay, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sponton951,967/
Spontan8656/
Spontone8017/
Spantan7146/
Spontam717/
Spontom712/
Spanton571,208/
Spunton57103/
Spamton571/
Spuntone5329/
Spaunton530/
Spanthong502/
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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Spontón
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