Schmals Surname

3,543,123rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 31 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Brazil

Schmals Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Schmals Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil271:7,928,679178,836
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Schmals Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Schmals Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Schmals occurs in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Schmals? popularity and diffusion

The surname Schmals is the 3,543,123rd most frequently held last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Schmals occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 90 percent of Schmals live; 90 percent live in South America and 87 percent live in Luso-South America.

This last name is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 7,928,679. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 78 percent are found, São Paulo, where 19 percent are found and Rio de Janeiro, where 4 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil it exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 10 percent are found and Argentina, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schmales931/
Schmalse930/
Schmalls930/
Schmalsch8817/
Schmalz8613,217/
Schmols867/
Smals83251/
Schmatlz807/
Schmallz802/
Schmalze802/
Schmalzt802/
Schmolls801/
Schmalje801/
Smalls7714,182/
Smales772,289/
Smails77128/
Smalås7754/
Smeals7711/
Smayls7710/
Shmalz775/
Scmalz773/
Chmalz772/
Smauls770/
Smailes711,631/
Schmolz71377/
Smaglis7126/
Shmeles7116/
Smalles715/
Smaills713/
Smallss712/
Smailss711/
Schmoulles710/
Schmolze67174/
Smalz6722/
Schmolch679/
Smailles672/
Shmeless671/
Smâls671/
Schmolez670/
Smols670/

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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
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  • 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 Schmals
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