Spreeth Surname

1,121,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 216 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Spreeth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spreeth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa2111:256,76625,923
Zimbabwe21:7,719,120118,432
England11:55,718,059489,080
Iceland11:380,09011,096
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Spreeth Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spreeth is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Spreeth? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,121,821st most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 33,738,638 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Spreeth are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Spreeth is most widely held in South Africa, where it is carried by 211 people, or 1 in 256,766. In South Africa it is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 69 percent live, Gauteng, where 18 percent live and Free State, where 6 percent live. Outside of South Africa Spreeth exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Zimbabwe, where 1 percent live and England, where 0 percent live.

Spreeth Last Name Statistics demography

Spreeth earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 53.97% more than the national average, earning R 365,892 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spreth9236/
Spreet921/
Spretch860/
Spret8310/
Spriet773,026/
Spretz77305/
Spreat7717/
Sprett778/
Spreit774/
Spreht771/
Sprezt771/
Sprith770/
Szpret770/
Spreitz71257/
Shprets719/
Sprecht713/
Sprit6734/
Spred6724/
Szprecht672/
Spryt672/
Spreč671/

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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 Spreeth
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