Smelins Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Smelins Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Smelins Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia211:97,62113,922
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Smelins Last Name Facts

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

The surname Smelins is found in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Smelins? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,206,983rd most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 95 percent of Smelins reside; 95 percent reside in Northern Europe and 95 percent reside in Baltic Europe.

This last name is most frequently used in Latvia, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 97,621. In Latvia Smelins is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 90 percent live, Kurzeme Planning Region, where 5 percent live and Latgale, where 5 percent live. Excluding Latvia it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Thailand, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smolins8650/
Smalins863/
Smilgins8057/
Smollins8027/
Smallins8012/
Smolens71216/
Smoļins711/
Smollens6728/
Smallens679/
Smalienz675/
Schmallens590/
Smilgiņš531/
Smilence531/
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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 Smelins
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