Smela Surname
Approximately 1,232 people bear this surname
Smela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 844 | 1:45,034 | 7,081 |
| United States | 158 | 1:2,294,044 | 142,811 |
| Ukraine | 70 | 1:650,324 | 69,671 |
| Canada | 55 | 1:669,920 | 54,285 |
| Romania | 28 | 1:717,067 | 48,956 |
| Latvia | 20 | 1:102,502 | 14,510 |
| India | 13 | 1:59,005,029 | 552,550 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Brazil | 4 | 1:53,518,583 | 632,670 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Smelá (36), Šmela (13) & Smělá (224) are calculated separately.
Smela (195) may also be a first name.
Smela Demographics
Average Smela Salary in
United States
$64,556 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Smela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smela Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Smela (Hindi: स्मेल, Russian: Смела) is carried by more people in Poland than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as: Smelá, Šmela or Smělá. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Smela? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 306,799th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 5,915,216 people. The last name Smela occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Smela live; 77 percent live in Eastern Europe and 69 percent live in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 649,894th most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 195 people.
The last name Smela is most frequent in Poland, where it is carried by 844 people, or 1 in 45,034. Without taking into account Poland this last name exists in 21 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 13 percent live and Ukraine, where 6 percent live.
Smela Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Smela has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Smela last name rose 15,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Smela Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Smela last name are 4.29% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 51.06% being registered with the political party.
The amount Smela earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 88.91% less than the national average, earning R 26,352 per year; in United States they earn 49.61% more than the national average, earning $64,556 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.88% less than the national average, earning $42,292 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Smela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Smela in the Hindi language | ||
| स्मेल | smela | 88.89 |
| स्मेला | smela | 11.11 |
| Smela in the Russian language | ||
| Смела | smela | - |
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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 Smela
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