Späni
surname · Latin script
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 1 country · latest register: BFS, 2024
Späni is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.
- CHSwitzerland1 in 14K(measured from records)
- ITItaly≈1 in 720K
- FRFrance≈1 in 2.1Mfew records
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Späni itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Switzerland (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 74 (measured from records)
- 1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)
587 people, 2024
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Switzerland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)Locally spelled Spani in US United States, CH Switzerland, CA Canada and 2 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Späni counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | 587 | 1 in 14K | 587 | Spani | 19 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈200 est. | ≈1 in 320K | — | Spani | 6 |
| US United States | 107 | 1 in 3.1M | 120 | Spani | 74 |
| IT Italy | ≈82 est. | ≈1 in 720K | listed | — | 2 |
| BR Brazil | 46 | 1 in 4.6M | 46 | — | 1 |
| CA Canada | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 1.4M | — | Spani | 20 |
| AT Austria | ≈23 est. | ≈1 in 398K | — | Spani | 7 |
587 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024, counting the spelling späni. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Paul Spänib. 1922CH(1922-1993)
- Albert Spänib. 1927CHSwiss sports shooter
- Paul Spänib. 1929CHSwiss singer and music educator (1929-1993)
- Regula Spänib. 1965CHSwiss television presenter
- Stefan Spänib. 1966CHSwiss Nordic combined skier
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence
(measured from records)2 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 587 | #2,176 |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Späni have the most bearers?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted about 587 people named Späni, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled spani.
- Where is Späni most common?
- Späni is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 14 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Späni?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 587 people named Späni in 2024, about 1 in 14 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Späni?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/sp%C3%A4niThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Späni”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.