Smayer Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tunisia
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Smayer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smayer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Smayer Last Name Facts

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

Smayer is more commonly found in Tunisia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Smayer? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,117,718th most numerous family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Smayer occurs predominantly in Africa, where 57 percent of Smayer reside; 57 percent reside in North Africa and 57 percent reside in Mahgreb.

Smayer is most frequent in Tunisia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 152,656. Without taking into account Tunisia Smayer occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 29 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.

Smayer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Smayer has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Smayer surname declined 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shmayer922/
Smyer91519/
Smaer913/
Smayr911/
Schmayer8613/
Smoyer831,002/
Shmaer8341/
Smeyer8323/
Smayor831/
Shmyer831/
Jmayer830/
Smyerr830/
Schmayeer801/
Scmoyer773/
Shmayur772/
Szmajer771/
Schmaer771/
Schmyer771/
Scmeyer771/
Shmoyer771/
Smeer73596/
Smeur73127/
Smear7387/
Smair7371/
Smeir7353/
Smoer734/
Smier732/
Smuer732/
Schmoyer711,176/
Schmeyer71111/
Szmagier7182/
Schmaier7125/
Schmuyer712/
Smayrová712/
Shmaiher711/
Shmeer6762/
Smeier6737/
Smaire6726/
Smeerh6721/
Šmajer673/
Smejer673/
Smajor672/
Shmeur672/
Smairh672/
Smaair672/
Smijer671/
Shmeir671/
Smouer671/
Jmeyer671/
Schmagier671/
Schmoeyer670/
Smoyor670/
Smairt670/

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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 Smayer
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