Smuzniak Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Smuzniak Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
The alternate forms: Smużniak (129) & Smuźniak (35) are calculated separately.
Smuzniak Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smuzniak Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Smuzniak is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Smużniak or Smuźniak. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Smuzniak? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most frequently used family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Smuzniak live; 70 percent live in Southern Africa and 70 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
Smuzniak is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 7,739,672. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Free State, where 86 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 14 percent are found. Besides South Africa Smuzniak occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 10 percent are found and New Zealand, where 10 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smużniak | 96 | 129 | / |
| Smuźniak | 96 | 35 | / |
| Smurzniak | 94 | 6 | / |
| Smuszniak | 94 | 1 | / |
| Smuśniak | 88 | 1 | / |
| Smuzinick | 82 | 2 | / |
| Smeznik | 80 | 57 | / |
| Smużnik | 80 | 1 | / |
| Smieszniak | 78 | 15 | / |
| Smozanik | 75 | 2 | / |
| Szmieszniak | 74 | 1 | / |
| Smozeniuk | 71 | 2 | / |
| Śmieszniak | 67 | 1 | / |
| Smazenka | 63 | 41 | / |
| Smazenko | 63 | 23 | / |
| Smazinka | 63 | 16 | / |
| Smozanek | 63 | 10 | / |
| Smožanik | 63 | 1 | / |
| Czemaznik | 59 | 1 | / |
| Smaženka | 50 | 70 | / |
| Smažinka | 50 | 41 | / |
| Smozeñuk | 50 | 13 | / |
| Smozenuk | 50 | 4 | / |
| Smožanyk | 50 | 4 | / |
| Smazenuk | 50 | 2 | / |
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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 Smuzniak
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