Smelko Surname

570,540th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 553 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Slovakia

Smelko Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smelko Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3911:927,00569,520
Russia881:1,637,762109,009
Canada511:722,46357,796
Slovakia161:333,52846,365
Finland21:2,748,35172,663
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Poland11:38,008,749231,653

The alternate forms: Šmelko (317), Smelkó (30) & Śmelko (1) are calculated separately.

Smelko Last Name Facts

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

Smelko (Russian: Смелко) is borne by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Šmelko, Smelkó or Śmelko. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Smelko? popularity and diffusion

The last name Smelko is the 570,540th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,178,202 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 80 percent of Smelko are found; 80 percent are found in North America and 80 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is borne by 391 people, or 1 in 927,005. In The United States Smelko is most prevalent in: Pennsylvania, where 30 percent are found, Ohio, where 27 percent are found and Florida, where 11 percent are found. Beside The United States Smelko occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 16 percent are found and Canada, where 9 percent are found.

Smelko Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Smelko last name is chiefly Orthodox (100%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Smelko surname are 10.04% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.27% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Smelko earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 9.38% less than the national average, earning $39,100 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.46% more than the national average, earning $51,403 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šmelko94317/
Smelkó9430/
Śmelko941/
Shmelko9218/
Shmelkoa861/
Smelka83129/
Smilko83106/
Smylko8345/
Cmelko839/
Smelco831/
Schmelkop800/
Chmelko77139/
Smilkos7768/
Shmylko7720/
Shmelka7714/
Szmilko7713/
Szmelka774/
Smilkou771/
Shmilko771/
Zhmelko771/
Zmlko737/
Schmelka7135/
Schmelkó711/
Smylka67362/
Smilka6731/
Smełka6723/
Cmelka6723/
Šmelka672/
Smiłko671/
Smilkó671/
Chmelka62297/
Chmylko62114/
Szmilkó6255/
Shmylka6213/
Zhmylko6213/
Smylcod621/
Smilkhah571/
Shchmylka531/

Smelko Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Smelko in the Russian language
Смелкоsmelko-

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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 Smelko
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