Smail Surname
Approximately 30,137 people bear this surname
Smail Surname Definition:
Forms (usually North.) of Small, q.v.
Henry le Smale, A.D. 1277-8.—Vale Royal Ledger-Bk.
Read More About This SurnameSmail Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 16,466 | 1:2,346 | 272 |
| United States | 2,232 | 1:162,392 | 16,525 |
| Kazakhstan | 1,686 | 1:10,488 | 1,637 |
| Russia | 1,560 | 1:92,387 | 11,476 |
| Bulgaria | 1,552 | 1:4,497 | 632 |
| Morocco | 1,431 | 1:24,092 | 3,775 |
| France | 1,010 | 1:65,765 | 9,069 |
| England | 478 | 1:116,565 | 11,884 |
| Mauritania | 347 | 1:11,801 | 1,170 |
| Somalia | 343 | 1:39,219 | 1,895 |
| India | 308 | 1:2,490,472 | 79,604 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Scotland | 300 | 1:17,846 | 2,146 |
| Canada | 273 | 1:134,966 | 13,971 |
| Australia | 270 | 1:99,984 | 11,306 |
| Belarus | 206 | 1:46,122 | 7,862 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Yemen | 174 | 1:151,870 | 7,522 |
| New Zealand | 119 | 1:38,053 | 6,460 |
| Spain | 108 | 1:432,889 | 22,966 |
| Malaysia | 95 | 1:310,466 | 16,916 |
| Iraq | 79 | 1:443,312 | 7,666 |
| Argentina | 76 | 1:562,413 | 40,543 |
| South Africa | 60 | 1:902,962 | 58,308 |
| Uzbekistan | 38 | 1:813,925 | 16,450 |
| French Polynesia | 31 | 1:9,058 | 1,949 |
| Pakistan | 29 | 1:6,160,134 | 36,715 |
| Philippines | 29 | 1:3,490,973 | 149,374 |
| Sweden | 26 | 1:378,721 | 26,697 |
| Germany | 23 | 1:3,500,237 | 154,763 |
| Wales | 20 | 1:154,727 | 10,755 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 20 | 1:298,633 | 26,437 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| Sudan | 16 | 1:2,344,387 | 4,438 |
| Jersey | 15 | 1:6,613 | 1,336 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Turkey | 11 | 1:7,074,675 | 122,870 |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 1:916,227 | 36,116 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Transnistria | 9 | 1:52,744 | 7,681 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Moldova | 8 | 1:445,171 | 30,722 |
| Kosovo | 7 | 1:265,981 | 8,180 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Nepal | 5 | 1:5,696,191 | 13,053 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Armenia | 3 | 1:976,727 | 13,552 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Northern Cyprus | 2 | 1:159,506 | 9,062 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 445 | 1:8,412 | 1,137 |
| England | 121 | 1:201,449 | 15,997 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:522,805 | 14,314 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 388 | 1:129,430 | 12,434 |
The alternate forms: Smaïl (34) are calculated separately.
Smail (108,702) may also be a first name.
Smail Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Forms (usually North.) of Small, q.v.
Henry le Smale, A.D. 1277-8.—Vale Royal Ledger-Bk.
(Scottish) A variant of Small, q.v.
From the Flemish, Smal; from the Dutch, Smale; from the German, Schmehl; a personal name.
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'slow paced person', 'one who had characteristics of a snail'.
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Average Smail Salary in
United States
$40,027 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Smail Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smail Come From? nationality or country of origin
Smail (Bengali: স্মাইল, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ, Hindi: स्माइल, Marathi: माईल, Oriya: ସାଇଲ, Russian: Смаил) occurs more in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Smaïl. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Smail? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 18,304th most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 241,814 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Smail are found; 60 percent are found in North Africa and 59 percent are found in Mahgreb. Smail is also the 9,454th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 108,702 people.
The last name is most widely held in Algeria, where it is held by 16,466 people, or 1 in 2,346. In Algeria Smail is most numerous in: Tizi Ouzou Province, where 24 percent reside, Algiers Province, where 20 percent reside and Béjaïa Province, where 6 percent reside. Barring Algeria this last name is found in 85 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 6 percent reside.
Smail Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Smail has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 575 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 395 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 33 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 667 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 50 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Smail Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland, Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (93%) in Belarus, Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan and Orthodox (68%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Smail surname are 12.76% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 59.53% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Smail earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 117.25% more than the national average, earning R 516,276 per year; in United States they earn 7.24% less than the national average, earning $40,027 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.12% less than the national average, earning $47,636 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Smail Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Smail in the Bengali language | ||
| স্মাইল | sma'ila | - |
| Smail in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ | asmayl | 95.59 |
| ﺇﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ | asmayl | 1.96 |
| ﺃﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ | asmayl | 1.47 |
| ﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ | smayl | 0.49 |
| Smail in the Hindi language | ||
| स्माइल | sma'ila | 73.08 |
| स्माईल | sma'ila | 25.33 |
| स्मैल | smaila | 0.58 |
| Smail in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାଇଲ | sa'ila | 66.67 |
| ସାଇଲ୍ | sa'il | 33.33 |
| Smail in the Marathi language | ||
| माईल | ma'ila | 50 |
| माइल | ma'ila | 25 |
| इसमैल | isamaila | 12.5 |
| समाइल | sama'ila | 12.5 |
| Smail in the Russian language | ||
| Смаил | smail | - |
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