Španić Surname

422,941st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 819 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Croatia
Highest density in:
Croatia

Španić Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Španić Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Croatia5731:7,3801,174
Slovenia1181:21,0824,689
Bosnia and Herzegovina1161:30,4864,729
Serbia111:649,54122,440
Montenegro11:639,5659,092

The alternate forms: Spanić (18), Španič (6) & Spanic (137) are calculated separately.

Španić Last Name Facts

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

The surname Španić is held by more people in Croatia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant: Spanić, Španič or Spanic. For other possible spellings of Španić click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Španić? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 422,941st most common surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 8,898,102 people. Španić occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Španić are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The surname Španić is most common in Croatia, where it is borne by 573 people, or 1 in 7,380. In Croatia it is mostly concentrated in: Varaždin County, where 16 percent live, City of Zagreb, where 14 percent live and Virovitica-Podravina County, where 11 percent live. Beside Croatia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Slovenia, where 14 percent live and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spanić9418/
Španič946/
Spanic89137/
Španitz773/
Španec6777/
Spanitz62207/
Spanics62109/
Spanich6290/
Szpanic6216/
Špánitz625/
Shpanich5778/
Spaniche571/
Sponic5021/
Spanec504/
Schpainicz502/

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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 Španić
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