Smeels Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Smeels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 90 | 1:187,635 | 26,551 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Smeels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smeels Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Smeels is held by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Smeels.
How Common Is The Last Name Smeels? popularity and diffusion
The last name Smeels is the 1,918,812th most prevalent surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. The surname Smeels occurs mostly in Europe, where 99 percent of Smeels reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 98 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
It is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 187,635. In The Netherlands Smeels is mostly concentrated in: North Holland, where 38 percent are found, Utrecht, where 31 percent are found and South Holland, where 18 percent are found. Barring The Netherlands this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 1 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smels | 91 | 6 | / |
| Smells | 83 | 14 | / |
| Smeals | 83 | 11 | / |
| Shmels | 83 | 9 | / |
| Smelsz | 83 | 2 | / |
| Smiels | 83 | 1 | / |
| Smuels | 83 | 0 | / |
| Smeiles | 77 | 49 | / |
| Smueles | 77 | 17 | / |
| Smauels | 77 | 12 | / |
| Shmuels | 77 | 7 | / |
| Shmelse | 77 | 4 | / |
| Smejles | 77 | 2 | / |
| Schmels | 77 | 1 | / |
| Smieles | 77 | 0 | / |
| Smelz | 73 | 6 | / |
| Smlls | 73 | 1 | / |
| Smiggels | 71 | 26 | / |
| Smails | 67 | 128 | / |
| Smełsz | 67 | 63 | / |
| Smayls | 67 | 10 | / |
| Smills | 67 | 5 | / |
| Szmelz | 67 | 4 | / |
| Chmels | 67 | 4 | / |
| Smielz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shmelz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Smellz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Smauls | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Smeels
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