Smyre Surname

475,771st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 703 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Belize

Smyre Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smyre Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6621:547,52145,313
Israel241:356,56829,419
Belize111:32,3162,112
Germany31:26,835,153452,368
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States451:1,115,97164,142

Smyre (13) may also be a first name.

Smyre Last Name Facts

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

The last name Smyre is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Smyre? popularity and diffusion

Smyre is the 475,771st most commonly held surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 10,366,353 people. The last name Smyre occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 96 percent of Smyre are found; 94 percent are found in North America and 94 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Smyre is also the 3,159,357th most prevalent first name world-wide It is held by 13 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 662 people, or 1 in 547,521. In The United States Smyre is mostly found in: North Carolina, where 54 percent are found, South Carolina, where 6 percent are found and Maryland, where 5 percent are found. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 3 percent are found and Belize, where 2 percent are found.

Smyre Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Smyre has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Smyre last name grew 1,471 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Smyre Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Smyre last name are 18.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.29% registered to vote for the party.

Smyre earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.97% less than the national average, earning $36,257 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smyres91152/
Smyree912/
Smyhre912/
Smyr8922/
Smre891/
Smeyres8334/
Shmyrer8320/
Shmyr80651/
Smyra80145/
Smire80140/
Szmyr8084/
Smyrd8046/
Smyri8016/
Åsmyr8014/
Smere805/
Shmre801/
Smayr801/
Smyrz800/
Shmyreha7713/
Schmyrer771/
Smires732,090/
Smerea73347/
Smytry7373/
Smerer7351/
Smayra7346/
Szmyra7342/
Smyris7330/
Smaire7326/
Smerge7315/
Shmyra7312/
Smirer7310/
Smerey737/
Sjømyr736/
Smoire736/
Scmere732/
Åsmyhr732/
Szmere731/
Smitre731/
Smirre731/
Smyrhh730/
Smir671,654/
Smer67937/
Smiress67172/
Smearer67111/
Shmirer6737/
Smereha6734/
Shmeres675/
Smyrova673/
Smettre672/
Smhetre671/
Smjr671/
Schmire671/
Smeatre671/
Smerets671/
Shmerer671/
Szmirer671/
Cmyr671/
Scmeere671/
Smeares670/

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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 Smyre
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