Spurkel Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Argentina

Spurkel Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spurkel Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States151:24,163,929685,360
Argentina41:10,685,854219,200
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

The alternate forms: Spürkel (94) are calculated separately.

Spurkel Last Name Facts

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

The surname Spurkel occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Spürkel. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Spurkel? popularity and diffusion

Spurkel is the 4,427,875th most frequent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 95 percent of Spurkel reside; 75 percent reside in North America and 75 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 24,163,929. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 67 percent are found, New York, where 27 percent are found and Arizona, where 7 percent are found. Aside from The United States Spurkel is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 20 percent are found and Belgium, where 5 percent are found.

Spurkel Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Spurkel surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% registered with the political party.

Spurkel earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 27.86% more than the national average, earning $55,172 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spürkel9594/
Spuerkel932/
Spirkel8648/
Sporkel8613/
Spurcel860/
Spierkel8048/
Spirckel8040/
Spirkl77191/
Spierckel7579/
Sporcl622/

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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 Spurkel
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