Smely Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Smely Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 29 | 1:293,636 | 33,260 |
| Germany | 13 | 1:6,192,728 | 213,814 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Smelý (25), Smély (1) & Smělý (188) are calculated separately.
Smely (16) may also be a first name.
Smely Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smely Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Smely has its highest incidence in Austria. It may also be found as: Smelý, Smély or Smělý. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Smely? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,808,717th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Smely are found; 90 percent are found in Western Europe and 90 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,786,762nd most common first name throughout the world, borne by 16 people.
This last name is most frequent in Austria, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 293,636. In Austria Smely is most frequent in: Vienna, where 52 percent are found and Lower Austria, where 48 percent are found. Aside from Austria it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 27 percent are found and Czechia, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Smely
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