Sm Surname

74,290th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6,617 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Sm Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sm Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia5,8051:22,7822,739
India7161:1,071,32044,341
Pakistan271:6,616,44038,275
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Malaysia131:2,268,78789,138
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Algeria41:9,657,88864,782
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
China21:683,660,78330,601
Kenya21:23,089,95083,168
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

The alternate forms: Šm (1) are calculated separately.

Sm (7,384) may also be a first name.

Sm Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sm (Hindi: एसएम, Russian: См) is held by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Šm. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sm? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 74,290th most commonly used last name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,101,337 people. The surname Sm is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sm reside; 88 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 88 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 74,910th most commonly held first name on earth. It is borne by 7,384 people.

The surname Sm is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 5,805 people, or 1 in 22,782. In Indonesia Sm is mostly found in: West Java, where 30 percent live, Central Java, where 10 percent live and Jakarta, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Indonesia this last name exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in India, where 11 percent live and Pakistan, where 0 percent live.

Sm Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Sm last name is primarily Orthodox (87%) in Russia and Orthodox (75%) in Ukraine.

Sm earn marginally less than the average income. In Canada they earn 2.3% less than the national average, earning $48,542 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šm831/
Shm80978/
Smm80593/
Smd80530/
Smt80296/
Sme80291/
Hsm80232/
Ssm80123/
Dsm80111/
Smh8047/
Scm8041/
Jsm8014/
Szm8013/
Sxm807/
Sjm805/
Søm805/
Zsm805/
Xsm802/
Små801/
Sım801/
Shmh67729/
Shmm67188/
Ssmm6717/
Schm6711/
Smht676/
Shme675/
Jsmd674/
Shmt673/
Hshm673/
Jsme673/
Hsmm673/
Smme672/
Hsmt672/
Ssjm672/
Smmd672/
Dhsm672/
Ssmd671/
Smtt671/
Shmd671/
Smdh671/
Jzsm671/
Sscm671/
Ssme671/
Jssm671/
Hssm671/
Hsmh671/
Sxzm671/
Sdjm671/
Rzsm671/
Shxm671/
Smzz671/
Smhe671/
Smhh671/
Sjme671/
Sjmh671/
Sjsm671/
Sjzm671/
Sxmm671/
Jsmh671/
Szmd671/
Szmh671/
Ssmh671/
Zxsm671/
Zzsm671/
Zhsm671/
Xxsm671/
Xshm671/
Dsmh671/
Ddsm671/

Sm Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sm in the Hindi language
एसएमesa'ema84.9
एसesa8.33
सैsai6.25
स्म्sm0.52
Sm in the Russian language
Смsm-

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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 Sm
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