Smooth Surname

1,136,896th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 212 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Smooth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smooth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1641:1,080,13944,870
Iran291:2,647,67384,414
Liberia81:551,06725,208
Cambodia51:3,097,4298,690
England41:13,929,515290,718
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Smooth (174) may also be a first name.

Smooth Last Name Facts

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

Smooth (Arabic: ناعمة) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Smooth? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,136,896th most common family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,375,217 people. The surname Smooth occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Smooth live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 77 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Smooth is also the 692,220th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 174 people.

The last name Smooth is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 164 people, or 1 in 1,080,139. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 48 percent are found, Delta, where 39 percent are found and Ekiti, where 5 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 14 percent are found and Liberia, where 4 percent are found.

Smooth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Smooth has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Smooth surname increased 400 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smooths9250/
Smoothe9211/
Smoot9112,472/
Smoth91193/
Smoots83649/
Smoote83103/
Smootz8374/
Smoith8316/
Smouth839/
Smothe838/
Smoths831/
Smoott830/
Smotch830/
Smot8023/
Schmoot772/
Smuoths771/
Smoythe771/
Smoitch771/
Smout732,432/
Smath73202/
Smuth7361/
Smood7345/
Smott7339/
Shmot7310/
Smohd739/
Åsmot736/
Smote733/
Smotz731/
Smoet731/
Szmot731/
Smots730/
Schmouth7162/
Smouts67278/
Smotts6754/
Shmots6719/
Smuith676/
Shmote674/
Smauth673/
Smatch672/
Smathe671/
Smuthe670/
Smotte670/
Smoutz670/
Schmot670/
Smoutt670/

Smooth Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Smooth in the Arabic language
ناعمةnamt-
ناعمهnamh-

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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 Smooth
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