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) occurs more in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Smára. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Smara? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 84,524th most frequently held family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,274,938 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Smara are found; 92 percent are found in North Africa and 76 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 324,429th most widely held forename worldwide It is held by 655 people.
The last name Smara is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is borne by 4,156 people, or 1 in 9,295. In Algeria it is primarily concentrated in: Sétif Province, where 43 percent reside, Aïn Defla Province, where 15 percent reside and Mostaganem Province, where 13 percent reside. Barring Algeria this surname exists in 29 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 16 percent reside and France, where 5 percent reside.
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
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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 Smara
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