Shmaltz Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Israel

Shmaltz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Shmaltz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel61:1,426,27275,466
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Shmaltz Last Name Facts

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

The last name Shmaltz is borne by more people in Israel than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Shmaltz? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,772,636th most numerous last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Shmaltz is mostly found in Asia, where 53 percent of Shmaltz live; 35 percent live in West Asia and 35 percent live in Judeo-West Asia.

The surname is most common in Israel, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 1,426,272. Aside from Israel it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 24 percent live and The United States, where 18 percent live.

Shmaltz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Shmaltz has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Shmaltz last name fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Schmaltz935,034/
Smaltz92603/
Shmalz925/
Schmaltzs881/
Schmaltze881/
Schmealtz880/
Schmalz8613,217/
Shmalts86801/
Schmalt8669/
Scmaltz8616/
Shmault861/
Chmaltz861/
Smaltze860/
Smalt83251/
Smalz8322/
Schmalcz8036/
Schmaldt8022/
Shmaglit8021/
Schmoltz804/
Schmalts803/
Schmallz802/
Schmalzz801/
Schmaldz801/
Schmaltd800/
Smoltz77159/
Smalts77113/
Smallz7739/
Smaylz779/
Szmalz772/
Smault772/
Smalth771/
Smaldt770/
Schmoltze7549/
Schmolz71377/
Schmolt71143/
Schmald7143/
Chmalts713/
Schmalc712/
Shmolts712/
Shmalcs711/
Smoltze710/
Shmeilz710/
Schmoldt671,490/
Smalc6765/
Schmolcz6737/
Smolt6731/
Smolz6711/
Smałz678/
Smald671/

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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 Shmaltz
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