Smelters Surname

1,727,723rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 112 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Latvia
Highest density in:
Latvia

Smelters Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smelters Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Latvia901:22,7783,451
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
Ukraine41:11,380,674331,818
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Smelters Last Name Facts

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

The last name Smelters (Russian: Смелтерс) has its highest incidence in Latvia. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Smelters click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Smelters? popularity and diffusion

Smelters is the 1,727,723rd most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. The surname Smelters occurs mostly in Europe, where 85 percent of Smelters live; 80 percent live in Northern Europe and 80 percent live in Baltic Europe.

Smelters is most widespread in Latvia, where it is held by 90 people, or 1 in 22,778. In Latvia it is most prevalent in: Semigallia, where 32 percent are found, Riga Planning Region, where 24 percent are found and Vidzeme, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Latvia this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 15 percent are found and Ukraine, where 4 percent are found.

Smelters Last Name Statistics demography

Smelters earn significantly more than the average income. In Canada they earn 30.72% more than the national average, earning $64,946 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smelteris942/
Schmelters891/
Smolters881/
Smeulders821,641/
Smulders757,425/
Smolders755,680/
Smiltars755/
Smylders751/
Smilders750/
Smalders750/
Smaalders7161/
Smoulders712/
Smolderss711/
Small-Waiters671/

Smelters Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Smelters in the Russian language
Смелтерсsmelters-

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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 Smelters
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