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
Smels occurs in Latvia more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Šmeļs. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Smels? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,593,402nd most commonly used family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. Smels is predominantly found in The Americas, where 50 percent of Smels live; 33 percent live in North America and 17 percent live in Anglo-North America.
The last name Smels is most frequently occurring in Latvia, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 2,050,046. In Latvia Smels is most common in: Riga Planning Region, where 100 percent are found. Besides Latvia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Mexico, where 17 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 17 percent are found.
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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