Spänig Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Spänig Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Spänig Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany261:3,096,364143,912
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613

The alternate forms: Spanig (13) are calculated separately.

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Spänig Demographics

Average Spänig Salary in
South Africa

R 459,444

Per year
Rank:
20,960 of 197,403
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
3.66662E-5
Rank: 105,496 of 197,403
Percentage of national average salary:
193.34%
Sample size: 2 (2017)

Average Salary in
South Africa

R 237,638

Per year
Per month:
R 19,803
Per week:
R 4,401
Per day:
R 651

View the highest/lowest earning families in South Africa

Spänig Last Name Facts

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

The last name Spänig occurs in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Spanig. Click here for further potential spellings of Spänig.

How Common Is The Last Name Spänig? popularity and diffusion

Spänig is the 3,730,171st most commonly held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 93 percent of Spänig reside; 93 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 3,096,364. In Germany Spänig is most common in: Hesse, where 35 percent reside, Bavaria, where 27 percent reside and Saxony, where 19 percent reside. Aside from Germany it exists in one country. It is also found in South Africa, where 7 percent reside.

Spänig Last Name Statistics demography

Spänig earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 93.34% more than the national average, earning R 459,444 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spanig9413/
Spenig8320/
Spannig7719/
Szpienig712/
Spanik67220/
Spanic67137/
Spenik67123/
Sponik6753/
Spinix679/
Spinic672/

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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 Spänig
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