Smels Surname
Approximately 6 people bear this surname
Smels Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
The alternate forms: Šmeļs (1) are calculated separately.
Smels Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smels Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Smels occurs more in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as: Šmeļs. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Smels? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 50 percent of Smels are found; 33 percent are found in North America and 17 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
The last name Smels is most frequent in Latvia, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 2,050,046. In Latvia it is primarily concentrated in: Riga Planning Region, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Latvia this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Mexico, where 17 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 17 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smeels | 91 | 94 | / |
| Smells | 91 | 14 | / |
| Shmels | 91 | 9 | / |
| Smelsz | 91 | 2 | / |
| Smiels | 91 | 1 | / |
| Smuels | 91 | 0 | / |
| Šmeļs | 87 | 1 | / |
| Shmuels | 83 | 7 | / |
| Shmelse | 83 | 4 | / |
| Schmels | 83 | 1 | / |
| Smelz | 80 | 6 | / |
| Smlls | 80 | 1 | / |
| Smełsz | 73 | 63 | / |
| Smills | 73 | 5 | / |
| Chmels | 73 | 4 | / |
| Szmelz | 73 | 4 | / |
| Smellz | 73 | 0 | / |
| Shmelz | 73 | 0 | / |
| Smielz | 73 | 0 | / |
| Schmelz | 67 | 4,688 | / |
| Smlx | 67 | 2 | / |
| Schmils | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jsmilsh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scmless | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shmelze | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schmoelz | 62 | 82 | / |
| Schmaelz | 62 | 24 | / |
| Schmelze | 62 | 5 | / |
| Cmils | 60 | 18 | / |
| Smilz | 60 | 0 | / |
| Jmills | 55 | 5 | / |
| Cmills | 55 | 0 | / |
| Schmlz | 55 | 0 | / |
| Smilch | 55 | 0 | / |
| Schmölz | 50 | 2,098 | / |
| Schmølz | 50 | 5 | / |
| Schmilz | 50 | 3 | / |
| Schmlez | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Smels
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