Smals Surname

1,011,991st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 251 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Smals Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smals Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1691:99,92416,231
United States511:7,107,038327,397
Latvia191:107,89715,192
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
England21:27,859,030389,889
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Smâls (1) are calculated separately.

Smals Last Name Facts

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

The last name Smals is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can occur as: Smâls. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Smals? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,011,991st most prevalent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. The last name Smals is primarily found in Europe, where 79 percent of Smals are found; 67 percent are found in Western Europe and 67 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Smals is most frequently used in The Netherlands, where it is held by 169 people, or 1 in 99,924. In The Netherlands it is most prevalent in: Limburg, where 26 percent live, North Holland, where 22 percent live and Gelderland, where 11 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this surname exists in 10 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent live and Latvia, where 8 percent live.

Smals Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Smals has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Smals surname grew 1,020 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 33 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Smals Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Smals surname are 53.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 100% being registered with the political party.

Smals earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.86% more than the national average, earning $43,953 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smâls931/
Smalls9114,182/
Smales912,289/
Smails91128/
Smalås9154/
Smeals9111/
Smayls9110/
Smauls910/
Smailes831,631/
Schmals8331/
Smaglis8326/
Smalles835/
Smaills833/
Smallss832/
Smailss831/
Smalz8022/
Smols800/
Smailles772/
Schmales771/
Schmalls770/
Schmalse770/
Smallz7339/
Smaylz739/
Smolls737/
Shmalz735/
Smoles733/
Scmalz733/
Smalce733/
Szmalz732/
Smeles731/
Smalze731/
Smalje730/
Schmalsch7117/
Schmalz6713,217/
Smeiles6749/
Smallze6738/
Shmeles6716/
Schmols677/
Smolles673/
Smailje672/
Smaulch671/
Smoules671/
Smallez671/
Smolsch670/

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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
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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 Smals
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