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

Smelters (Russian: Смелтерс) is most common in Latvia. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Smelters.

How Common Is The Last Name Smelters? popularity and diffusion

The surname Smelters is the 1,727,723rd most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Smelters are found; 80 percent are found in Northern Europe and 80 percent are found in Baltic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Latvia, where it is carried by 90 people, or 1 in 22,778. In Latvia Smelters is most numerous in: Semigallia, where 32 percent live, Riga Planning Region, where 24 percent live and Vidzeme, where 19 percent live. Other than Latvia this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 15 percent live and Ukraine, where 4 percent live.

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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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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