Smelting Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Smelting Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smelting Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa121:4,514,809137,638
Netherlands41:4,221,794131,139
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Smelting Last Name Facts

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

The last name Smelting is held by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Smelting? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,116,508th most prevalent surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Smelting reside; 52 percent reside in Southern Africa and 52 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in South Africa, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 4,514,809. In South Africa Smelting is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 100 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 17 percent are found and Indonesia, where 9 percent are found.

Smelting Last Name Statistics demography

Smelting earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 295.9% more than the national average, earning R 940,812 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smeltin931/
Schmelting89113/
Smeltink88165/
Smelten8044/
Smiltina7560/
Smelteen751/
Smlltina751/
Schmelten712/
Smyltyn671/
Smilten670/
Smyltyna635/
Schmilten590/

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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 Smelting
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