Smelker Surname

878,878th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 307 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Smelker Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smelker Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3061:1,184,50684,519
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States661:760,88948,111

Smelker Last Name Facts

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

Smelker is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Smelker? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 878,878th most frequently occurring surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 23,737,935 people. The last name Smelker is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Smelker reside; 99 percent reside in North America and 99 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

The last name Smelker is most widely held in The United States, where it is held by 306 people, or 1 in 1,184,506. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Colorado, where 33 percent reside, Michigan, where 22 percent reside and Texas, where 13 percent reside. Beside The United States this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 0 percent reside.

Smelker Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Smelker has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Smelker last name increased 464 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Smelker Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Smelker last name are 29.94% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 76.71% being registered to vote for the political party.

Smelker earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 20.45% more than the national average, earning $51,973 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shmelker931/
Schmelker881/
Smelcer861,161/
Szmelcer80109/
Smelcher8060/
Smellcer800/
Schmølker7521/
Schmelcer7515/
Schmölker754/
Schmelcher711,188/
Šmelcer7167/

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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 Smelker
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