Spriess Surname
Approximately 5 people bear this surname
Spriess Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Spriess Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Spriess Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Spriess occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Spriess? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 80 percent of Spriess are found; 60 percent are found in Western Europe and 60 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 26,835,153. In Germany Spriess is primarily concentrated in: Berlin, where 33 percent are found and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 33 percent are found. Barring Germany this surname is found 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 prevalency of Spriess has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Spriess last name decreased 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spress | 92 | 24 | / |
| Spries | 92 | 13 | / |
| Spriehs | 86 | 7 | / |
| Shpries | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sproies | 86 | 1 | / |
| Sprie | 83 | 77 | / |
| Spres | 83 | 4 | / |
| Spris | 83 | 0 | / |
| Sprogies | 80 | 65 | / |
| Spriesch | 80 | 23 | / |
| Sprigges | 80 | 2 | / |
| Spriet | 77 | 3,026 | / |
| Spreis | 77 | 71 | / |
| Sprice | 77 | 59 | / |
| Spreys | 77 | 31 | / |
| Xpress | 77 | 21 | / |
| Sprieß | 77 | 7 | / |
| Shpris | 77 | 4 | / |
| Sprier | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sprise | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sprisz | 77 | 2 | / |
| Sprues | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shpres | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sprish | 77 | 1 | / |
| Spreas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Sprees | 77 | 0 | / |
| Sprugiesz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sprowes | 71 | 33 | / |
| Spreads | 71 | 28 | / |
| Shprets | 71 | 9 | / |
| Sprauss | 71 | 2 | / |
| Spruijs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sprisch | 71 | 1 | / |
| Sprouss | 71 | 1 | / |
| Spreese | 71 | 0 | / |
| Sprys | 67 | 121 | / |
| Sprye | 67 | 27 | / |
| Spresova | 67 | 10 | / |
| Sprez | 67 | 7 | / |
| Spriz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Spragges | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sprée | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spreč | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sprej | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sphrowes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sproggis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sprix | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sprohgis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spraiyer | 67 | 0 | / |
| Spraigie | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Spriess
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