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Where Does The Last Name Smart Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Smart (Arabic: سمارت, Hindi: स्मार्ट, Marathi: िमता) is found most frequently in The United States. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Smart? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 5,274^th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 67,784 people. The surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 38 percent of Smart are found; 35 percent are found in North America and 35 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Smart is also the 17,978^th most common given name on earth, borne by 51,705 people.

The last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 33,353 people, or 1 in 10,867. In The United States Smart is most frequent in: Texas, where 10 percent live, California, where 8 percent live and Florida, where 6 percent live. Outside of The United States Smart is found in 159 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent live and Nigeria, where 10 percent live.

Smart Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Smart has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Smart surname grew 549 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 204 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it grew 117 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it grew 482 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 9 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Smart Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (47%) in Ireland, Orthodox (83%) in Russia, Latin Catholic (100%) in Lebanon, Christian (97%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (79%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Smart surname are 9.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 56.56% being registered with the political party.

The amount Smart earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 80.72% more than the national average, earning R 429,456 per year; in United States they earn 3.73% less than the national average, earning $41,538 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.89% more than the national average, earning $51,616 CAD per year.