Smelaia Surname

1,118,459th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 217 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Smelaia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smelaia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine2131:213,72228,646
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Smelaia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Smelaia Come From? nationality or country of origin

Smelaia is carried by more people in Ukraine than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Smelaia? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,118,459th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 33,583,161 people. The surname Smelaia occurs predominantly in Europe, where 99 percent of Smelaia live; 99 percent live in Eastern Europe and 99 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is held by 213 people, or 1 in 213,722. In Ukraine it is primarily concentrated in: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 21 percent reside, Kharkiv Oblast, where 21 percent reside and Volyn Oblast, where 9 percent reside. Barring Ukraine this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 1 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smelia9216/
Smelaya86567/
Shmelia862/
Shmelaa861/
Smelaja861/
Smela831,232/
Smeli8382/
Smeelaji801/
Smelyi7784/
Szmela7760/
Shmela7735/
Smeili7716/
Smiela7715/
Smelaj7710/
Smeliy779/
Shmeli778/
Smelis778/
Smelii777/
Smeila775/
Smilia775/
Smalai772/
Smelie772/
Smilai772/
Smeela771/
Smeala771/
Smieli771/
Smelya771/
Shmeila71334/
Smejlis7181/
Smelich7168/
Schmela7167/
Smeilis7131/
Shmelya7127/
Smeelie7122/
Shmalai7110/
Smealie714/
Smailia714/
Shmelis714/
Shmeela713/
Smejliś712/
Smailai711/
Smealii711/
Smejlaj711/
Smilaya711/
Szmiela711/
Smelihe711/
Smealli711/
Smallai711/
Smeylie710/
Smili673,696/
Smila67275/
Smele67208/
Smeallie67163/
Smyla67104/
Szmelich6783/
Shmeitli6773/
Smely6748/
Smelá6736/
Smitelli6734/
Smelý6725/
Šmela6713/
Smeljova676/
Smelhaus673/
Zmeli672/
Cmeli672/
Shmelyoa672/
Smyli671/
Szmejlis671/
Smilgaja671/
Smjla671/
Shmelich671/
Smaillia671/

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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 Smelaia
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