Smara Surname
Approximately 5,716 people bear this surname
Smara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 4,156 | 1:9,295 | 1,609 |
| Egypt | 915 | 1:100,476 | 8,511 |
| France | 305 | 1:217,779 | 33,834 |
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Indonesia | 49 | 1:2,698,963 | 156,404 |
| United Arab Emirates | 21 | 1:436,299 | 23,129 |
| Argentina | 17 | 1:2,514,318 | 114,515 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Jordan | 7 | 1:1,263,205 | 16,935 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
The alternate forms: Smára (1) are calculated separately.
Smara (655) may also be a first name.
Smara Demographics
Average Smara Salary in
United States
$61,531 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Smara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smara Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Smara (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﻤﺎﺭﻩ, Hindi: स्मारा, Russian: Смара) is more frequently found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Smára. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Smara? popularity and diffusion
The last name Smara is the 84,524th most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,274,938 people. The surname Smara occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Smara live; 92 percent live in North Africa and 76 percent live in Mahgreb. Smara is also the 324,429th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 655 people.
The last name Smara is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 4,156 people, or 1 in 9,295. In Algeria Smara is most prevalent in: Sétif Province, where 43 percent are found, Aïn Defla Province, where 15 percent are found and Mostaganem Province, where 13 percent are found. Other than Algeria this surname exists in 29 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 16 percent are found and France, where 5 percent are found.
Smara Last Name Statistics demography
Smara earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 42.6% more than the national average, earning $61,531 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Smara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Smara in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺳﻤﺎﺭﻩ | asmarh | - |
| Smara in the Hindi language | ||
| स्मारा | smara | - |
| Smara in the Russian language | ||
| Смара | smara | - |
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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 Smara
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