Smiley Surname
Approximately 29,570 people bear this surname
Smiley Surname Definition:
Thomas Smelie, merchant and guild-brother in Glasgow, 1612 (Burgesses). James Smillie in Strafrank, parish of Carstairs, 1754 (Lanark CR.). William Smellie (1740-1795), printer and naturalist in Edinburgh. Smeallie 1647, Smyllie 1697. Smillie recorded in Edinburgh, 1942.
Read More About This SurnameSmiley Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25,529 | 1:14,198 | 1,774 |
| Canada | 1,585 | 1:23,246 | 3,165 |
| England | 549 | 1:101,490 | 10,680 |
| India | 365 | 1:2,101,549 | 71,002 |
| Australia | 288 | 1:93,735 | 10,700 |
| Jamaica | 244 | 1:11,762 | 1,208 |
| Egypt | 183 | 1:502,381 | 28,715 |
| Northern Ireland | 176 | 1:10,483 | 1,635 |
| New Zealand | 89 | 1:50,880 | 8,201 |
| Russia | 85 | 1:1,695,565 | 111,577 |
| Scotland | 53 | 1:101,015 | 6,880 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Latvia | 34 | 1:60,295 | 9,027 |
| Honduras | 22 | 1:400,747 | 3,070 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Iran | 18 | 1:4,265,696 | 111,937 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Ireland | 16 | 1:294,309 | 10,207 |
| Moldova | 15 | 1:237,425 | 21,121 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Belarus | 11 | 1:863,733 | 65,346 |
| France | 11 | 1:6,038,429 | 280,838 |
| Netherlands | 10 | 1:1,688,718 | 81,846 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| China | 8 | 1:170,915,196 | 8,932 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Georgia | 6 | 1:624,258 | 19,750 |
| Philippines | 6 | 1:16,873,037 | 249,062 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 1:2,412,280 | 25,948 |
| Costa Rica | 4 | 1:1,195,017 | 6,919 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Serbia | 4 | 1:1,786,237 | 30,138 |
| Vietnam | 4 | 1:23,161,514 | 3,610 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Namibia | 3 | 1:803,134 | 15,170 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Guatemala | 2 | 1:8,041,334 | 9,698 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1:3,667,742 | 11,574 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 265 | 1:16,716 | 2,067 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 96 | 1:253,910 | 18,354 |
| Scotland | 20 | 1:187,161 | 7,190 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4,507 | 1:11,142 | 1,451 |
The alternate forms: Smilèy (1) are calculated separately.
Smiley (1,418) may also be a first name.
Smiley Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Thomas Smelie, merchant and guild-brother in Glasgow, 1612 (Burgesses). James Smillie in Strafrank, parish of Carstairs, 1754 (Lanark CR.). William Smellie (1740-1795), printer and naturalist in Edinburgh. Smeallie 1647, Smyllie 1697. Smillie recorded in Edinburgh, 1942. Harrison derives the name as a variant of Smalley, from the name of a place in Derbyshire, but I feel doubtful of this.
(English, Scottish) One who came from Semilly or Semily, in France; variants of Smalley, q.v.
May be from the Anglo-Saxon smel, another form of Small. Ferguson.
Smiley Demographics
Average Male Smiley Height
177.8 cm
Average Female Smiley Height
162.3 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Smiley Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smiley Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Smiley (Hindi: स्मार्इली) occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Smilèy. For other possible spellings of Smiley click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Smiley? popularity and diffusion
Smiley is the 18,643rd most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 246,451 people. The last name is primarily found in The Americas, where 93 percent of Smiley live; 92 percent live in North America and 91 percent live in Anglo-North America. Smiley is also the 207,345th most common first name world-wide It is held by 1,418 people.
It is most commonly held in The United States, where it is held by 25,529 people, or 1 in 14,198. In The United States Smiley is mostly concentrated in: California, where 8 percent live, Texas, where 7 percent live and Florida, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States Smiley is found in 97 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 5 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
Smiley Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Smiley has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 566 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 572 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 265 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Smiley Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is primarily Presbyterian (50%) in Ireland and Orthodox (100%) in Russia.
In The United States those bearing the Smiley surname are 12.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 59.59% registered with the political party.
The amount Smiley earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 4.86% less than the national average, earning $41,052 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $55,410 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Smiley Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Smiley in the Hindi language | ||
| स्मार्इली | smar'ili | 50 |
| स्माइली | sma'ili | 50 |
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Smiley Reference & Research
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Footnotes
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