S'Mail Surname
Approximately 55 people bear this surname
S'Mail Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 54 | 1:75,831 | 5,075 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
The alternate forms: S'Maïl (3) are calculated separately.
S'Mail (120) may also be a first name.
S'Mail Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name S'Mail Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name S'Mail (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant: S'Maïl. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name S'Mail? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,605,694th most frequently held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. S'Mail occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of S'Mail reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 852,104th most widely held given name worldwide, held by 120 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Mauritania, where it is held by 54 people, or 1 in 75,831. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 56 percent are found, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 22 percent are found and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 11 percent are found. Barring Mauritania S'Mail exists in one country. It also occurs in Algeria, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
S'Mail Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| S'Mail in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ | asmayl | 96.97 |
| ﺇﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ | asmayl | 3.03 |
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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 S'Mail
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