Sprietsma Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Sprietsma Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sprietsma Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1131:149,44422,442
United States461:7,879,542351,394
Canada181:2,046,977128,463
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Sprietsma Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sprietsma is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sprietsma? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,276,805th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The surname Sprietsma occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Sprietsma live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 64 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in The Netherlands, where it is held by 113 people, or 1 in 149,444. In The Netherlands it is primarily concentrated in: Friesland, where 56 percent live, North Holland, where 15 percent live and Gelderland, where 12 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands Sprietsma occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 26 percent live and Canada, where 10 percent live.

Sprietsma Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Sprietsma has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 575 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sprietsma Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Sprietsma are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Sprietsma earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 11.1% more than the national average, earning $47,937 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.7% more than the national average, earning $52,516 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spreetsma890/
Sybertsma6716/
Sipratsom6711/
Sijbertsma6310/
Spurtzem5916/
Suparatsamee576/

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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 Sprietsma
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