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 last name Smela (Hindi: स्मेल, Russian: Смела) has its highest incidence in Poland. It may also appear as: Smelá, Šmela or Smělá. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Smela? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 306,799th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 5,915,216 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 81 percent of Smela live; 77 percent live in Eastern Europe and 69 percent live in West Slavic Europe. Smela is also the 649,894th most commonly occurring given name internationally. It is borne by 195 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Poland, where it is held by 844 people, or 1 in 45,034. Barring Poland Smela occurs in 21 countries. It is also found 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 over time. 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 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
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- 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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