Smook Surname

207,755th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,992 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Smook Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smook Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,0801:50,1656,365
Netherlands3321:50,8658,726
United States2861:1,267,33989,284
Canada2221:165,97116,704
England221:2,532,63991,802
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Russia81:18,015,382436,635
Australia61:4,499,284146,780
Taiwan31:7,814,91541,694
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States631:797,12249,780

Smook (12) may also be a first name.

Smook Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Smook Come From? nationality or country of origin

Smook is more commonly found in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Smook? popularity and diffusion

The last name Smook is the 207,755th most numerous family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,658,407 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Smook reside; 54 percent reside in Southern Africa and 54 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Smook is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent forename globally, borne by 12 people.

Smook is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is held by 1,080 people, or 1 in 50,165. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 38 percent live, Western Cape, where 15 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 13 percent live. Excluding South Africa this last name occurs in 26 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 17 percent live and The United States, where 14 percent live.

Smook Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Smook has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Smook surname increased 454 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 367 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Smook Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Smook surname are 23.96% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70.73% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Smook earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 93.96% more than the national average, earning R 460,932 per year; in United States they earn 5.27% more than the national average, earning $45,421 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.52% less than the national average, earning $44,951 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smooke91124/
Smooks912/
Smoock910/
Scmook910/
Smok892,473/
Schmook83535/
Smock806,330/
Smoke805,135/
Smoog8033/
Szmok8027/
Smouk8011/
Shmok809/
Smoek802/
Smosk801/
Smoik801/
Smokt801/
Smodk801/
Smotk800/
Schmoock77576/
Schmooke7723/
Schmok73129/
Smocke7329/
Smoske7319/
Smouke7311/
Shmock736/
Smokke731/
Smoike731/
Smoukh731/
Shmokh731/
Shmoke730/
Smocks730/
Smouck730/
Smuk673,089/
Smak671,821/
Schmock67870/
Smokova67379/
Cmok67333/
Smoc67302/
Šmok6749/
Smák6735/
Zmok6731/
Smog6726/
Smõk678/
Smoková671/
Smocova671/
Smoqova671/
Smogova671/
Smoucks671/
Schmoek670/
Smox670/

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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 Smook
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