Spriess Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Spriess Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spriess Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Spriess Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spriess is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spriess? popularity and diffusion

The surname Spriess is the 8,193,072nd most prevalent surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 80 percent of Spriess reside; 60 percent reside in Western Europe and 60 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 26,835,153. In Germany Spriess is most prevalent in: Berlin, where 33 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 33 percent are found. Outside of Germany this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 20 percent are found.

Spriess Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Spriess has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Spriess last name contracted 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spress9224/
Spries9213/
Spriehs867/
Shpries861/
Sproies861/
Sprie8377/
Spres834/
Spris830/
Sprogies8065/
Spriesch8023/
Sprigges802/
Spriet773,026/
Spreis7771/
Sprice7759/
Spreys7731/
Xpress7721/
Sprieß777/
Shpris774/
Sprier773/
Sprise773/
Sprisz772/
Sprues771/
Shpres771/
Sprish771/
Spreas771/
Sprees770/
Sprugiesz751/
Sprowes7133/
Spreads7128/
Shprets719/
Sprauss712/
Spruijs711/
Sprisch711/
Sprouss711/
Spreese710/
Sprys67121/
Sprye6727/
Spresova6710/
Sprez677/
Spriz672/
Spragges671/
Sprée671/
Spreč671/
Sprej671/
Sphrowes671/
Sproggis671/
Sprix671/
Sprohgis671/
Spraiyer670/
Spraigie670/

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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 Spriess
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