Smelts Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Latvia

Smelts Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smelts Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States201:18,122,947588,089
Greece41:2,769,948101,568
Kazakhstan41:4,420,624134,293
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States381:1,321,54472,820

Smelts Last Name Facts

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

Smelts is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Smelts? popularity and diffusion

The surname Smelts is the 3,323,005th most prevalent surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname Smelts is predominantly found in The Americas, where 66 percent of Smelts are found; 66 percent are found in North America and 66 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 18,122,947. In The United States it is most prevalent in: New York, where 25 percent reside, Michigan, where 20 percent reside and Georgia, where 15 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 11 percent reside and Kazakhstan, where 11 percent reside.

Smelts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Smelts has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Smelts surname contracted 47 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Smelts Last Name Statistics demography

Smelts earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 45.54% less than the national average, earning $23,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shmelts9234/
Smelt911,869/
Smeltz831,094/
Smilts8350/
Smelte8326/
Smelds831/
Smeltsova80204/
Smlt801/
Schmelt7761/
Shmeltz773/
Smilths770/
Smeltze770/
Shmeltsova758/
Smelz736/
Smlth734/
Smelc734/
Smilt732/
Schmeltz711,522/
Schmeldt7116/
Schmielt712/
Smeltová711/
Schmelte711/
Schmilts710/
Szmelc67136/
Smilth6753/
Smilte676/
Szmelz674/
Smeltcova671/
Smielz670/
Shmelz670/
Smellz670/
Smiltz670/

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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 Smelts
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