Spillner
surname · Latin script
Spillner is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: occupational surname: dialectal Spille- name, likely from spindle/peg making; bearer count 444.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- NLNetherlands
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
occupational surname: dialectal Spille- name, likely from spindle/peg making; bearer count 444
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Georg Spillnerb. 1908DEGerman clown (1908-1998)
- Wolf Spillnerb. 1936DEGerman writer
- Bernd Spillnerb. 1941DEGerman romanist and linguist
- Dan Spillnerb. 1951USAmerican baseball player
- Josef Spillnerb. 1980DEDr.-Ing. Technische Universität Dresden 2010
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)
Attested in 10 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 215 | #81,700 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 197 | #98,501 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 185 | #98,099 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 21 | #48,351 |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 8 | #72,019 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 8 | #47,371 |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 5 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Spillner mean, and where does it come from?
- occupational surname: dialectal Spille- name, likely from spindle/peg making; bearer count 444 Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen.
- In which country does Spillner have the most bearers?
- Spillner is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Spillner”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.