Smelty Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Czechia

Smelty Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smelty Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
Czechia41:2,658,367127,801
France11:66,422,722504,397
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:1,793,52492,026

Smelty Last Name Facts

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

The surname Smelty is borne by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Smelty click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Smelty? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,213,395th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Smelty live; 64 percent live in Western Europe and 57 percent live in Germanic Europe.

Smelty is most commonly held in Germany, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 10,063,182. In Germany Smelty is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 88 percent are found and Saxony, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Germany this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Czechia, where 29 percent are found and France, where 7 percent are found.

Smelty Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Smelty has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Smelty last name declined 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smeltyz921/
Smeltey920/
Zmelty8376/
Smelte8326/
Smełty832/
Smelter77495/
Shmelter7144/
Schmelte711/
Smelteer711/
Zmełty67170/
Smilte676/
Zmeltá672/
Shmlti671/
Schmeelter631/
Smilter622/
Schmlte620/
Schmälter53157/
Schmölter5336/
Schmleter531/
Zmełta502/

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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 Smelty
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