Smua Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Smua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
Smua (50) may also be a first name.
Smua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Smua is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Smua? popularity and diffusion
The surname Smua is the 5,057,639th most widely held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Smua are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Smua is also the 1,412,538th most frequently occurring given name worldwide, borne by 50 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Smua is primarily found in: Kaduna, where 73 percent are found, Bauchi, where 9 percent are found and Niger, where 9 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Indonesia, where 27 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smuat | 89 | 31 | / |
| Smuha | 89 | 16 | / |
| Smuay | 89 | 3 | / |
| Smuea | 89 | 0 | / |
| Smouha | 80 | 202 | / |
| Smuo | 75 | 7 | / |
| Smba | 75 | 4 | / |
| Xmua | 75 | 1 | / |
| Jmua | 75 | 1 | / |
| Shmba | 67 | 8 | / |
| S'Mba | 67 | 1 | / |
| Smwai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Smuoz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zhmua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jmuad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Schmuach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zmuoa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zmuea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chmuah | 60 | 15 | / |
| Shmbay | 60 | 2 | / |
| Shmbai | 60 | 2 | / |
| Shmway | 60 | 1 | / |
| Shmbha | 60 | 1 | / |
| Shmbhay | 55 | 1 | / |
| Smuoths | 55 | 1 | / |
| Smbo | 50 | 14 | / |
| Xmba | 50 | 7 | / |
| Zmba | 50 | 2 | / |
| Cmva | 50 | 2 | / |
| Jmuo | 50 | 2 | / |
| Cmwa | 50 | 1 | / |
| Xmva | 50 | 1 | / |
| Zmva | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Smua
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis