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) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as: Smaïla. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Smaila? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 228,458th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 4,107,974 people. Smaila is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Smaila reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 75 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Smaila is also the 176,700th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 1,858 people.
Smaila is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 965 people, or 1 in 183,568. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kogi, where 27 percent reside, Zamfara, where 8 percent reside and Yobe, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 23 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 20 percent reside and Niger, where 13 percent reside.
Smaila Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Smaila has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Smaila surname grew 233 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Smaila Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Smaila are 30.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 83.33% being registered with the political 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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