Smedal Surname

1,785,358th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Norway

Smedal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smedal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States561:6,472,481306,764
Norway461:111,78914,873
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Smedal Last Name Facts

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

The last name Smedal is held by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Smedal click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Smedal? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,785,358th most frequent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 68,750,433 people. The last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Smedal live; 53 percent live in North America and 53 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 6,472,481. In The United States it is most common in: Wisconsin, where 23 percent are found, Florida, where 21 percent are found and Maine, where 21 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 43 percent are found and Brazil, where 1 percent are found.

Smedal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Smedal has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Smedal last name increased 933 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Smedal Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Smedal are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 55.56% being registered with the political party.

The amount Smedal earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 350.31% more than the national average, earning 1,558,420 kr per year and in United States they earn 46.8% more than the national average, earning $63,342 USD per year.

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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 Smedal
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