Smeding Surname

307,434th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,229 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Smeding Surname User-submission:

The surname Smeding means 'smith'.

Smeding Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands1,0281:16,4272,526
Canada911:404,89735,698
United States431:8,429,278367,833
Sweden231:428,12030,474
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
Uruguay51:686,35229,886
Norway51:1,028,45761,363
France51:13,284,544357,392
England41:13,929,515290,718
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Smeding Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Smeding means 'smith'.

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Smeding Last Name Facts

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

The last name Smeding is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Smeding? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 307,434th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 5,929,655 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 87 percent of Smeding reside; 84 percent reside in Western Europe and 84 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 1,028 people, or 1 in 16,427. In The Netherlands Smeding is mostly concentrated in: Friesland, where 26 percent live, North Holland, where 15 percent live and Utrecht, where 12 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this last name occurs in 21 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 7 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Smeding Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Smeding has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Smeding last name grew 478 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Smeding Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Smeding surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 60% registered with the political party.

The amount Smeding earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 22.75% less than the national average, earning 267,335 kr per year; in United States they earn 3.23% less than the national average, earning $41,757 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.01% more than the national average, earning $62,109 CAD per year.

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