Španja Surname
Approximately 170 people bear this surname
Španja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 163 | 1:25,942 | 5,377 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
The alternate forms: Spanja (54) are calculated separately.
Španja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Španja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Španja is found most in Croatia. It may appear as: Spanja. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Španja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,321,499th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 42,867,917 people. The surname Španja occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Španja are found; 99 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
Španja is most widely held in Croatia, where it is held by 163 people, or 1 in 25,942. In Croatia it is most prevalent in: Šibenik-Knin County, where 82 percent live, City of Zagreb, where 8 percent live and Vukovar-Srijem County, where 3 percent live. Without taking into account Croatia this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 3 percent live and The Netherlands, where 1 percent live.
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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 Španja
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