Smoky Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Smoky Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 24 | 1:339,738 | 45,241 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Smoky (159) may also be a first name.
Smoky Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smoky Come From? nationality or country of origin
Smoky is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Smoky? popularity and diffusion
The surname Smoky is the 3,882,373rd most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. The last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 92 percent of Smoky reside; 92 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 92 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 727,628th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 159 people.
The surname Smoky is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 339,738. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Gulf, where 42 percent reside, West Sepik, where 33 percent reside and Eastern Highlands, where 21 percent reside. Excluding Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It is also common in South Africa, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smokey | 91 | 705 | / |
| Smosky | 91 | 37 | / |
| Smokay | 91 | 4 | / |
| Smoskey | 83 | 2 | / |
| Smoke | 80 | 5,135 | / |
| Smoki | 80 | 63 | / |
| Smoka | 80 | 40 | / |
| Smeky | 80 | 5 | / |
| Smooke | 73 | 124 | / |
| Smocke | 73 | 29 | / |
| Smokie | 73 | 28 | / |
| Smoske | 73 | 19 | / |
| Smouke | 73 | 11 | / |
| Smoski | 73 | 10 | / |
| Smoket | 73 | 4 | / |
| Smouki | 73 | 3 | / |
| Smokha | 73 | 2 | / |
| Shmoki | 73 | 2 | / |
| Smokoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Smoike | 73 | 1 | / |
| Smokke | 73 | 1 | / |
| Smocka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Smekky | 73 | 1 | / |
| Smokka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shmoke | 73 | 0 | / |
| Smokee | 73 | 0 | / |
| Shmokhi | 67 | 824 | / |
| Schmoke | 67 | 197 | / |
| Szmoski | 67 | 17 | / |
| Smackey | 67 | 16 | / |
| Smozski | 67 | 15 | / |
| Schmoka | 67 | 8 | / |
| Smojkis | 67 | 8 | / |
| Smouker | 67 | 6 | / |
| Smocker | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shmoker | 67 | 4 | / |
| Smokaić | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shmooka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Smookes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Smokich | 67 | 1 | / |
| Smokish | 67 | 1 | / |
| Smookie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shmasky | 67 | 0 | / |
| Smaskey | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Smoky
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