Smite Surname
Approximately 3,544 people bear this surname
Smite Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 3,384 | 1:606 | 34 |
| France | 50 | 1:1,328,454 | 133,611 |
| United States | 39 | 1:9,293,819 | 392,288 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1:14,127,669 | 603,945 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 1 | 1:13,610 | 185 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 17 | 1:2,954,040 | 135,915 |
The alternate forms: Šmite (28) are calculated separately.
Smite (21) may also be a first name.
Smite Demographics
Average Smite Salary in
United States
$36,025 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Smite Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smite Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Smite is found most frequently in Latvia. It can also occur as a variant: Šmite. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Smite? popularity and diffusion
The last name Smite is the 127,936th most common family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 2,056,305 people. Smite is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Smite live; 96 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in Baltic Europe. It is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring given name internationally, held by 21 people.
It is most widespread in Latvia, where it is held by 3,384 people, or 1 in 606. In Latvia it is mostly concentrated in: Vidzeme, where 65 percent live, Riga Planning Region, where 24 percent live and Semigallia, where 6 percent live. Apart from Latvia this surname occurs in 29 countries. It also occurs in France, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Smite Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Smite has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Smite surname increased 229 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 1,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Smite Last Name Statistics demography
Smite earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.51% less than the national average, earning $36,025 USD per year.
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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 Smite
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