Smedly Surname

2,605,694th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 55 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Smedly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smedly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States461:7,879,542351,394
England61:9,286,343223,652
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England451:541,67528,673
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1111:452,42132,615

Smedly (14) may also be a first name.

Smedly Last Name Facts

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

The last name Smedly has its highest incidence in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Smedly? popularity and diffusion

The surname Smedly is the 2,605,694th most frequently held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 132,500,835 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 62 percent of Smedly reside; 62 percent reside in North America and 62 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Smedly is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 14 people.

The surname Smedly is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 7,879,542. In The United States Smedly is primarily found in: New Mexico, where 15 percent reside, Florida, where 9 percent reside and New York, where 7 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 11 percent reside and Australia, where 5 percent reside.

Smedly Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Smedly has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Smedly surname fell 59 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 87 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Smedly Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the Smedly last name is principally Episcopalian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Smedly surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% registered to vote for the political party.

Smedly earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.26% less than the national average, earning $36,135 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smedley9212,721/
Smedlya921/
Smeadly921/
Smedliy920/
Smeadley867/
Smeedley861/
Smedleys861/
Smedelly861/
Smeddley861/
Smedla837/
Smedli832/
Smedle830/
Smidly830/
Schmedley804/
Smeadlley800/
Smidley7732/
Smeddle7731/
Smedler7719/
Smedlet773/
Smedlie771/
Schmidly7187/
Smeddles7111/
Scmidley713/
Smedilli711/
Smeidlie710/
Schmedle710/
Smiddlay710/
Smitdley710/
Schmedler67218/
Schmidley67121/
Schmiedle6769/
Smidle674/
Smidla672/
Schmiedla671/
Schmedlie670/

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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 Smedly
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