Španjol Surname
Approximately 265 people bear this surname
Španjol Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 263 | 1:16,078 | 3,236 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1:1,243,838 | 27,519 |
The alternate forms: Spanjol (83) are calculated separately.
Španjol Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Španjol Come From? nationality or country of origin
Španjol has its highest incidence in Croatia. It can occur as a variant: Spanjol. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Španjol? popularity and diffusion
The surname Španjol is the 975,866th most frequent last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 27,500,173 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Španjol are found; 100 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.
The last name is most commonly held in Croatia, where it is carried by 263 people, or 1 in 16,078. In Croatia Španjol is most numerous in: Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, where 67 percent are found, Zadar County, where 17 percent are found and City of Zagreb, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Croatia this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Slovenia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanjol | 95 | 83 | / |
| Španyol | 86 | 1 | / |
| Spagnol | 71 | 4,710 | / |
| Spaniol | 71 | 3,367 | / |
| Spanhol | 71 | 813 | / |
| Spanyol | 71 | 144 | / |
| Španyolová | 71 | 1 | / |
| Spagnole | 67 | 59 | / |
| Spangnol | 67 | 11 | / |
| Spagnuol | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spagniol | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spanniol | 67 | 1 | / |
| Spaniole | 67 | 0 | / |
| Spañol | 62 | 39 | / |
| Spaniolová | 59 | 2 | / |
| Spanyolová | 59 | 1 | / |
| Spagnul | 57 | 233 | / |
| Spanial | 57 | 56 | / |
| Sponiol | 57 | 1 | / |
| Spanieal | 53 | 0 | / |
| Spanshall | 50 | 1 | / |
| Spatinsal | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Španjol
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