Smellie Surname
Approximately 2,200 people bear this surname
Smellie Surname Definition:
Thomas Smelie, merchant and guild-brother in Glasgow, 1612 (Burgesses). James Smillie in Strafrank, parish of Carstairs, 1754 (Lanark CR.). William Smellie (1740-1795), printer and naturalist in Edinburgh. Smeallie 1647, Smyllie 1697. Smillie recorded in Edinburgh, 1942.
Read More About This SurnameSmellie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamaica | 906 | 1:3,168 | 473 |
| United States | 441 | 1:821,902 | 63,073 |
| Scotland | 262 | 1:20,434 | 2,370 |
| Canada | 218 | 1:169,016 | 16,995 |
| England | 206 | 1:270,476 | 21,309 |
| New Zealand | 104 | 1:43,542 | 7,204 |
| Australia | 35 | 1:771,306 | 49,759 |
| Cayman Islands | 13 | 1:4,915 | 636 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1,097 | 1:3,412 | 566 |
| England | 234 | 1:104,168 | 10,414 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 40 | 1:1,255,467 | 70,036 |
Smellie Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Thomas Smelie, merchant and guild-brother in Glasgow, 1612 (Burgesses). James Smillie in Strafrank, parish of Carstairs, 1754 (Lanark CR.). William Smellie (1740-1795), printer and naturalist in Edinburgh. Smeallie 1647, Smyllie 1697. Smillie recorded in Edinburgh, 1942. Harrison derives the name as a variant of Smalley, from the name of a place in Derbyshire, but I feel doubtful of this.
A variant of Smalley, q.v. [cp. W.Fris. smel, small, narrow]
May be from the Anglo-Saxon smel, another form of Small. Ferguson.
From Smeley; a location name in Essex Orfrom the Danish, Schmelling; a personal name.
Smellie Demographics
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Smellie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smellie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Smellie is found most in Jamaica. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Smellie? popularity and diffusion
It is the 191,567th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,312,521 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 72 percent of Smellie are found; 42 percent are found in Caribbean and 42 percent are found in Anglo-Caribbean.
The last name is most widespread in Jamaica, where it is borne by 906 people, or 1 in 3,168. In Jamaica it is primarily concentrated in: Surrey County, where 53 percent live, Middlesex County, where 41 percent live and Cornwall County, where 6 percent live. Apart from Jamaica this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent live and Scotland, where 12 percent live.
Smellie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Smellie has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Smellie last name rose 1,103 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 76 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in England it contracted 12 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Smellie Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Anglican (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Smellie last name are 4.99% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 51.76% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Smellie earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 0.73% more than the national average, earning $43,466 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.69% more than the national average, earning $55,490 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smaellie | 93 | 28 | / |
| Smiellie | 93 | 1 | / |
| Smelle | 92 | 13 | / |
| Smelli | 92 | 5 | / |
| Smillie | 86 | 5,473 | / |
| Smelley | 86 | 1,247 | / |
| Smeller | 86 | 133 | / |
| Smyllie | 86 | 87 | / |
| Smaelle | 86 | 1 | / |
| Smlie | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shmuelli | 80 | 6 | / |
| Schmelli | 80 | 2 | / |
| Smillieh | 80 | 1 | / |
| Shmeller | 80 | 1 | / |
| Schmelle | 80 | 1 | / |
| Smelljer | 80 | 0 | / |
| Smille | 77 | 232 | / |
| Smelly | 77 | 55 | / |
| Smella | 77 | 48 | / |
| Smilli | 77 | 9 | / |
| Smylle | 77 | 3 | / |
| Smlley | 77 | 1 | / |
| Schmeller | 75 | 910 | / |
| Schmielle | 75 | 1 | / |
| Schmellei | 75 | 1 | / |
| Schmoelle | 75 | 1 | / |
| Schmelley | 75 | 0 | / |
| Smli | 73 | 1 | / |
| Smiller | 71 | 97 | / |
| Smilley | 71 | 75 | / |
| Shmilli | 71 | 72 | / |
| Smillei | 71 | 3 | / |
| Smyller | 71 | 2 | / |
| Smeelly | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schmille | 67 | 90 | / |
| Småli | 67 | 32 | / |
| Shmiller | 67 | 7 | / |
| Schmller | 67 | 5 | / |
| Shmyller | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shmli | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shmuelly | 67 | 1 | / |
| Smlly | 67 | 0 | / |
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