Smally
surname · Latin script
Meaning: In a small way
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/sməli/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Smally is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 1.1M(inferred from the name graph)
- SGSingapore≈1 in 1.5M
- NGNigeria≈1 in 1.7M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 87 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.1M (inferred from the name graph)
≈130 people, est.
Highest-authority source
South Africa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
In a small way.
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Smally counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NG Nigeria | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 1.7M | — | Smally | 6 |
| US United States | 116 | 1 in 2.9M | 116 | Smally | 87 |
| ZA South Africa | ≈52 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Smally | 4 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈9 est. | ≈1 in 7.7M | — | Smally | 14 |
| CA Canada | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 6.8M | — | Smally | 4 |
| SG Singapore | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Smally | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 116 | #143,149 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 107 | #142,819 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Smally mean, and where does it come from?
- In a small way. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Smally?
- A machine transcription gives /sməli/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Smally have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 129 people named Smally in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled smally.
- How common is the name Smally?
- In the United States, the national register counted 116 people named Smally in 2010, about 1 in 2.9 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/smallyThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Smally”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.