The Spang surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,570 people carried this name — #17,823 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 188,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 1,540 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 94 people named Spang.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
38 people named Spang live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
518 people named Spang is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Spang,
with a public archive behind them.
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Helner Grundt Spang 1920–1983 · fighter pilot -
Andrew Spang 1553–
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Elizabeth Spang 1622–
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Peter Johannes Spang 1796–1846 · priest
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Alfred Spang 1876–1955
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Konrad Spang 1909–2005 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Spang.
- Spadaro 1,765 · U.S. census
- Spadoni 672 · U.S. census
- Spaeth 3,412 · U.S. census
- Spagnoli 767 · U.S. census
- Spagnolo 977 · U.S. census
- Spahn 2,235 · U.S. census
- Spanier 1,253 · U.S. census
- Spaniol 448 · U.S. census
- Spannagel 266 · U.S. census
- Spano 4,561 · U.S. census
- Sparagna 119 · U.S. census
- Spas 105 · U.S. census
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