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 more commonly found in Croatia than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Spanja. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Španja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Španja is the 1,321,499th most commonly occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 42,867,917 people. The surname Španja is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Španja live; 99 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
The surname Španja is most commonly used in Croatia, where it is carried by 163 people, or 1 in 25,942. In Croatia Španja is primarily concentrated in: Šibenik-Knin County, where 82 percent reside, City of Zagreb, where 8 percent reside and Vukovar-Srijem County, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Croatia Španja exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Slovenia, where 3 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 1 percent reside.
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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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