Sposób Surname

649,026th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 466 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Poland
Highest density in:
Poland

Sposób Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Sposób 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
Poland4651:81,73912,681
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

The alternate forms: Sposob (405) are calculated separately.

Sposób Last Name Facts

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

Sposób occurs more in Poland more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Sposob. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sposób? popularity and diffusion

It is the 649,026th most widespread last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 15,638,511 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Sposób reside; 100 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 100 percent reside in West Slavic Europe.

The surname Sposób is most commonly used in Poland, where it is carried by 465 people, or 1 in 81,739. Outside of Poland this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Sweden, where 0 percent live.

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
Sposob94405/
Sposub8312/
Sposobs771/
Sposobova6728/
Spasob671/
Sposov671/
Spasovs622/
Spasov5014,458/
Spasow5029/
Spásov501/

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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 Sposób
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