Smalls Surname

37,158th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,182 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Smalls Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smalls Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States13,7981:26,2693,303
England1731:322,07023,948
United States Virgin Islands521:2,123361
Northern Ireland301:61,5014,735
Canada291:1,270,53890,455
Scotland251:214,15311,205
Australia221:1,227,07766,405
Guam81:20,0153,029
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
South Korea31:17,080,0852,793
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Kenya31:15,393,30077,493
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belize11:355,4743,977
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
France11:66,422,722504,397
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland401:110,7476,785
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England881:276,99319,333
Wales111:142,5835,610
Scotland91:415,91311,811
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0931:45,9465,302

Smalls (36) may also be a first name.

Smalls Last Name Facts

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

Smalls is most common in The United States. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Smalls? popularity and diffusion

The last name Smalls is the 37,158th most frequently held family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 513,859 people. This surname is predominantly found in The Americas, where 98 percent of Smalls are found; 97 percent are found in North America and 97 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,717,090th most common first name throughout the world. It is borne by 36 people.

This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 13,798 people, or 1 in 26,269. In The United States it is most prevalent in: South Carolina, where 31 percent reside, New York, where 20 percent reside and Georgia, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States it occurs in 38 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States Virgin Islands, where 0 percent reside.

Smalls Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Smalls has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Smalls surname rose 1,262 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 197 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 278 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 91 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Smalls Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Smalls surname is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Smalls surname are 8.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 61.33% registered with the political party.

The amount Smalls earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 20.07% less than the national average, earning $34,487 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.01% less than the national average, earning $41,729 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smalles925/
Smaills923/
Smallss922/
Smals91251/
Smailles862/
Schmalls860/
Smales832,289/
Smails83128/
Smalås8354/
Smallz8339/
Smeals8311/
Smayls8310/
Smolls837/
Smauls830/
Smailes771,631/
Smallze7738/
Schmals7731/
Smaglis7726/
Smolles773/
Smallez771/
Smailss771/
Smalz7322/
Smâls731/
Smols730/
Schmallz712/
Schmolls711/
Schmales711/
Schmalse710/
Schmalsch6717/
Smaylz679/
Shmalz675/
Smalce673/
Scmalz673/
Smoles673/
Szmalz672/
Smeles671/
Smalze671/
Smalje670/

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Smalls Reference & Research

Small DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Small FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Smalls
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