Smathew Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Smathew Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Smathew Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Smathew Last Name Facts

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

The surname Smathew occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Smathew.

How Common Is The Last Name Smathew? popularity and diffusion

It is the 8,193,072nd most frequent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Smathew reside; 80 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Smathew is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is most common in: Osun, where 100 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Smathew is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smathews930/
Smithew862/
Zmatthews751/
Smothef711/
Smethaw710/
Shmateev679/
Smotev621/
Shmotev57255/
Shmetev571/
Zmadteeb531/

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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 Smathew
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