Spânu Surname
Approximately 315 people bear this surname
Spânu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 314 | 1:63,942 | 7,699 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Spanu (8,917) & Spãnu (2) are calculated separately.
Spânu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Spânu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Spânu occurs more in Romania more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Spanu or Spãnu. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Spânu? popularity and diffusion
Spânu is the 862,604th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 23,135,066 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Spânu live; 100 percent live in Eastern Europe and 100 percent live in Romanian Europe.
The surname Spânu is most frequent in Romania, where it is carried by 314 people, or 1 in 63,942. In Romania Spânu is primarily found in: Giurgiu County, where 22 percent reside, Bucharest Municipality, where 19 percent reside and Bacău County, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Romania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Belgium, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanu | 93 | 8,917 | / |
| Spãnu | 93 | 2 | / |
| Sponu | 80 | 7 | / |
| Spanou | 73 | 5,093 | / |
| Spanus | 73 | 12 | / |
| Spanțu | 73 | 4 | / |
| Spainu | 73 | 1 | / |
| Spanuz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Spanuth | 67 | 175 | / |
| Spagnou | 67 | 131 | / |
| Spagnut | 67 | 76 | / |
| Spanaus | 67 | 54 | / |
| Spaneus | 67 | 6 | / |
| Spanhut | 67 | 5 | / |
| Spanous | 67 | 5 | / |
| Spaneut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spangou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spannus | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spannut | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spannaus | 62 | 581 | / |
| Spannuth | 62 | 417 | / |
| Spanneut | 62 | 364 | / |
| Spannhut | 62 | 10 | / |
| Spainhou | 62 | 1 | / |
| Sponhaus | 62 | 0 | / |
| Spahnaus | 62 | 0 | / |
| Spanó | 60 | 30 | / |
| Spannhuth | 57 | 4 | / |
| Spannhaus | 57 | 1 | / |
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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 Spânu
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