Smele Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 3
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 8
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 10
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Smele Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Smele family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Coal Miner 2
Cabinet Maker 1
Dress Maker 1
Grocer Assistant 1
Parlour Maid Domestic Servant 1
Sawmill Proprietor (employ 4 Men 2 Boys) 1
Wood Turner 1
Housemaid Domestic 1
Needlewoman Shirt Maker 1
Domestic Servant 1
Infant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Smele

Name Census Frequency
George Smele 15
William Smele 15
Mary Smele 9
Albert Smele 7
Emily Smele 6
Harriet Smele 6
Alfred Smele 5
Elizabeth Smele 5
John Smele 5
Joseph Smele 5
Sarah Smele 5
Susan Smele 5
Walter Smele 5
Amelia Smele 4
Ann Smele 4
Edwin Smele 4
Eliza Smele 4
Ethel Smele 4
James Smele 4
Mark Smele 4
Thomas Smele 4
Gertrude Smele 3
Harriett Smele 3
Robert Smele 3
Charlotte Smele 2

Smele Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Samuel 50% 26,498
2 Smale 80% 11,655
3 Smell 80% 1,393
4 Smail 40% 896
5 Smile 80% 494
6 Smele 100% 197
7 Samual 33% 122
8 Smeal 60% 115
9 Smel 80% 110

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The surname Smele is the 6th most popular variant of Samuel.

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