Smala Surname
Approximately 249 people bear this surname
Smala Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 80 | 1:475,109 | 47,696 |
| Germany | 54 | 1:1,490,842 | 90,195 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Latvia | 7 | 1:292,864 | 24,791 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Šmala (1) are calculated separately.
Smala (152) may also be a first name.
Smala Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smala Come From? nationality or country of origin
Smala (Georgian: სმალა, Hindi: स्मल, Marathi: मला, Russian: Смала) is more commonly found in Poland than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Šmala. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Smala? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,017,412th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Smala live; 37 percent live in Eastern Europe and 32 percent live in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 746,252nd most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 152 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Poland, where it is held by 80 people, or 1 in 475,109. Not including Poland Smala exists in 19 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 22 percent are found and Indonesia, where 16 percent are found.
Smala Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Smala has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Smala surname decreased 94 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Smala Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Smala in the Georgian language | ||
| სმალა | smala | - |
| Smala in the Marathi language | ||
| मला | mala | - |
| Smala in the Hindi language | ||
| स्मल | smala | 38.46 |
| स्मला | smala | 38.46 |
| स्माला | smala | 15.38 |
| समला | samala | 7.69 |
| Smala in the Russian language | ||
| Смала | smala | - |
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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 Smala
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