Smolka Surname
Approximately 6,448 people bear this surname
Smolka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2,096 | 1:38,409 | 5,091 |
| Czechia | 1,094 | 1:9,720 | 1,289 |
| United States | 853 | 1:424,923 | 36,761 |
| Poland | 797 | 1:47,690 | 7,518 |
| Slovakia | 553 | 1:9,650 | 1,091 |
| Ukraine | 436 | 1:104,410 | 14,924 |
| Austria | 129 | 1:66,011 | 10,168 |
| Russia | 123 | 1:1,171,732 | 86,402 |
| Brazil | 71 | 1:3,015,131 | 88,032 |
| Canada | 61 | 1:604,026 | 49,778 |
| England | 61 | 1:913,411 | 46,955 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| Belarus | 16 | 1:593,816 | 52,198 |
| Croatia | 15 | 1:281,907 | 28,677 |
| Wales | 13 | 1:238,041 | 14,239 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Norway | 11 | 1:467,481 | 39,375 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Spain | 7 | 1:6,678,862 | 92,666 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Switzerland | 6 | 1:1,368,819 | 77,571 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 1:884,100 | 15,259 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
The alternate forms: Šmolka (11) are calculated separately.
Smolka Demographics
Average Smolka Salary in
United States
$43,914 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Smolka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smolka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Smolka (Russian: Смолка) is held by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Šmolka. Click here for further potential spellings of Smolka.
How Common Is The Last Name Smolka? popularity and diffusion
Smolka is the 76,071st most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,130,203 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 83 percent of Smolka are found; 46 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 38 percent are found in West Slavic Europe.
Smolka is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 2,096 people, or 1 in 38,409. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 43 percent live, Baden-Württemberg, where 11 percent live and Bavaria, where 9 percent live. Aside from Germany this surname occurs in 41 countries. It is also found in Czechia, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 13 percent live.
Smolka Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (100%) in Russia and Orthodox (89%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Smolka surname are 8.31% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 55.08% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Smolka earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 13.09% more than the national average, earning 391,381 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 80.67% less than the national average, earning R 45,936 per year; in United States they earn 1.77% more than the national average, earning $43,914 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10% less than the national average, earning $44,714 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Šmolka | 94 | 11 | / |
| Szmolka | 92 | 265 | / |
| Smolkay | 92 | 1 | / |
| Schmolka | 86 | 109 | / |
| Smolko | 83 | 2,908 | / |
| Smołka | 83 | 1,843 | / |
| Smulka | 83 | 385 | / |
| Smalka | 83 | 168 | / |
| Smolke | 83 | 113 | / |
| Smolca | 83 | 48 | / |
| Smolky | 83 | 40 | / |
| Smolkó | 83 | 2 | / |
| Smolki | 83 | 2 | / |
| Jmolka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Szmolke | 77 | 202 | / |
| Smolker | 77 | 37 | / |
| Szmulka | 77 | 25 | / |
| Smolkis | 77 | 15 | / |
| Smoolca | 77 | 12 | / |
| Szmolko | 77 | 10 | / |
| Shmulka | 77 | 8 | / |
| Szmołka | 77 | 5 | / |
| Shmolko | 77 | 2 | / |
| Chmolka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shmolke | 77 | 1 | / |
| Schmolke | 71 | 3,531 | / |
| Smalkais | 71 | 53 | / |
| Smalkajs | 71 | 1 | / |
| Schmolki | 71 | 1 | / |
| Smoolker | 71 | 1 | / |
| Smalko | 67 | 1,043 | / |
| Smulko | 67 | 612 | / |
| Smułka | 67 | 296 | / |
| Smołko | 67 | 93 | / |
| Smółka | 67 | 37 | / |
| Schmolcke | 67 | 10 | / |
| Smalkó | 67 | 4 | / |
| Smalke | 67 | 4 | / |
| Schmolker | 67 | 2 | / |
| Smalca | 67 | 2 | / |
| Zmolke | 67 | 2 | / |
| Smalky | 67 | 2 | / |
| Smalki | 67 | 1 | / |
Smolka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Smolka in the Russian language | ||
| Смолка | smolka | - |
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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 Smolka
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