Smale is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Smale
No. of characters: 5
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Smale

How popular is Smale?

Smale is common in South Africa.

Smale is ranked 59607 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Smales plummeted by 24.52999 per cent to 843 since 2000 and slipped by 6606 spots and ranked at 28333. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 94.9 96.33
Hispanic or Latino 2.37 1.25
Others 1.66 1.07
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.71 0.54
Smale is quite popular family name mostly used in England while Guernsey is ahead in terms of density. Around 7759 people have been found who wears Smale as their family name. Smale is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
98,953 Belarus7
8,438 China5
1,014,159 India4
7,683 Latvia3
65,594 Belgium2
26,123 Malaysia2
7,299 Estonia2
14,521 Portugal2
219,873 France2
139,444 Brazil2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
7,191 Afghanistan1
2,374 Bermuda1
56,169 Mexico1
174,544 Czech Republic1
151,601 Spain1
10,958 Bangladesh1
50,549 Georgia1
16,228 Bulgaria1
25,746 Finland1
7,941 Guatemala1
53,505 Turkey1
7,895 South Korea1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
47,891 Norway1
37,493 Austria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
168 Guernsey49
98,632 Ukraine42
11,040 Scotland39
236,996 Russia35
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
1,163 Jersey17
14,048 Ireland16
Countries with hundreds of Smale:
4,875 Canada911
5,579 Australia531
7,687 Netherlands363
2,424 New Zealand310
1,965 Wales203
1,760 Namibia203
59,024 Germany168
Countries with thousands of Smale:
3,370 England2,280
24,201 United States1,278
5,218 South Africa1,242
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 18 years old tailoress Henry Smale who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on January 17, 1848 by Princess Alice put out from Liverpool.

Smale Namesakes

  • Stephen Smale, Mathematician
  • Holly Smale, Writer
  • Stephen Smale, Mathematician
  • Stephen Smale, Mathematician
  • Stephen Smale, Mathematician
  • Stephen Smale, Mathematician
  • Ryan Smale characterized significant character of Evan in 2013 horror and sci-fi film Absence.

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