Spreyer Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Spreyer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spreyer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1411:570,96146,627
England611:913,41146,955
United States481:7,551,228341,161
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:3,347,912150,340

Spreyer Last Name Facts

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

Spreyer is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Spreyer click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spreyer? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,009,375th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 28,918,833 people. The last name Spreyer is primarily found in Europe, where 80 percent of Spreyer live; 56 percent live in Western Europe and 56 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 141 people, or 1 in 570,961. In Germany Spreyer is primarily found in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 55 percent are found, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 28 percent are found and Baden-Württemberg, where 10 percent are found. Outside of Germany it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 24 percent are found and The United States, where 19 percent are found.

Spreyer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Spreyer has changed through the years. In England the number of people carrying the Spreyer surname increased 871 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 320 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Spreyer Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Spreyer are 35.01% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 88.24% being registered to vote for the party.

Spreyer earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.65% more than the national average, earning $52,060 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shpreyer9311/
Spreer92720/
Spryer9219/
Spreier86537/
Spreuer86149/
Sprayer8611/
Sprejer864/
Shpreer862/
Sprayere800/
Sphroyer800/
Sprier773/
Sproer773/
Sprear771/
Spreir771/
Spruer770/
Schprejer7532/
Szprygier751/
Sprauer71574/
Shpraer71109/
Spraier719/
Sprower715/
Spráger711/
Sprouier671/
Sprigger670/
Sprour621/
Špreňar5752/
Šprehar572/
Sprousr571/
Sprajur570/

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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 Spreyer
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