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Where Does The Last Name Smela Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Smela (Hindi: स्मेल, Russian: Смела) is more commonly found in Poland than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Smelá, Šmela or Smělá. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Smela? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This last name is the 306,799^th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,915,216 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Smela reside; 77 percent reside in Eastern Europe and 69 percent reside in West Slavic Europe. It is also the 649,894^th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 195 people.

The surname is most frequent in Poland, where it is borne by 844 people, or 1 in 45,034. Besides Poland this surname is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 13 percent reside and Ukraine, where 6 percent reside.

Smela Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Smela has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Smela last name increased 15,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Smela Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Smela surname are 4.29% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.06% being registered to vote for the 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.