Smaila Surname
Approximately 1,774 people bear this surname
Smaila Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 965 | 1:183,568 | 11,205 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Niger | 234 | 1:82,017 | 3,545 |
| Italy | 49 | 1:1,248,096 | 75,884 |
| Croatia | 42 | 1:100,681 | 16,054 |
| United States | 35 | 1:10,355,970 | 420,657 |
| Ivory Coast | 28 | 1:823,973 | 21,823 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Argentina | 16 | 1:2,671,463 | 118,579 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Russia | 8 | 1:18,015,382 | 436,635 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 15 | 1:3,347,912 | 150,340 |
The alternate forms: Smaïla (6) are calculated separately.
Smaila (1,858) may also be a first name.
Smaila Demographics
Average Smaila Salary in
United States
$44,000 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Smaila Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smaila Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Smaila (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ, Hindi: स्माईला) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Smaïla. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Smaila? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 228,458th most commonly occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 4,107,974 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Smaila live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Smaila is also the 176,700th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 1,858 people.
The last name Smaila is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 965 people, or 1 in 183,568. In Nigeria Smaila is most common in: Kogi, where 27 percent reside, Zamfara, where 8 percent reside and Yobe, where 7 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 23 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 20 percent reside and Niger, where 13 percent reside.
Smaila Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Smaila has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Smaila surname rose 233 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Smaila Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Smaila surname are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 83.33% registered with the party.
Smaila earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.97% more than the national average, earning $44,000 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Smaila Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Smaila in the Hindi language | ||
| स्माईला | sma'ila | 75 |
| समाईला | sama'ila | 25 |
| Smaila in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻞ | asmayl | 40 |
| ﺍﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻼ | asmayla | 40 |
| ﺍﺳﻤﺎﻋﻴﻠﻪ | asmaylh | 20 |
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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 Smaila
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