Smellan Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Israel
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Smellan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smellan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Tunisia11:610,62630,336

Smellan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Smellan occurs most in Israel. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Smellan click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Smellan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 90 percent of Smellan reside; 90 percent reside in West Asia and 80 percent reside in Judeo-West Asia.

The last name Smellan is most common in Israel, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 1,069,704. In Israel Smellan is primarily found in: Tel Aviv District, where 50 percent live, Jerusalem District, where 25 percent live and Southern District, where 25 percent live. Beside Israel Smellan occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 10 percent live and Tunisia, where 10 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smelland9310/
Smillan8612/
Schmelland820/
Shmlan773/
Smillyant751/
Schmillan751/
Småland71111/
Cmillan715/
Jmillan713/
Schmellein711/
Jmlan676/
Smlam671/
Cmlian6229/
Cmillon571/
Chmillon531/
Zmillion531/
Xmlam502/

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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 Smellan
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