Špur Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Špur Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 111 | 1:22,411 | 4,918 |
| Czechia | 42 | 1:253,178 | 34,142 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
The alternate forms: Spur (285), Špůr (92) & Spür (15) are calculated separately.
Špur Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Špur Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Špur is borne by more people in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Spur, Špůr or Spür. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Špur? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,403,590th most frequently occurring last name on earth, held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. The surname Špur occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Špur reside; 73 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 73 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The last name Špur is most widely held in Slovenia, where it is carried by 111 people, or 1 in 22,411. In Slovenia it is most prevalent in: Mura, where 46 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 26 percent are found and Drava, where 25 percent are found. Beside Slovenia this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Czechia, where 27 percent are found and Croatia, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Špur
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