Smeister Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Smeister Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
Smeister Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smeister Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Smeister occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Smeister? popularity and diffusion
Smeister is the 10,311,814th most numerous last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 67 percent of Smeister live; 67 percent live in North America and 67 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The surname Smeister is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States it is most numerous in: New York, where 50 percent reside and Oklahoma, where 50 percent reside. Barring The United States it occurs in one country. It is also common in Israel, where 33 percent reside.
Smeister Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Smeister has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Smeister last name declined 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Smeister
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