Smaoui

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Smaoui is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Tunisia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 261K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TNTunisia≈1 in 9K
  • MAMorocco≈1 in 129K

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.

Tunisia (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,300 people, est.

Sources
123 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 9.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Tunisia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Smaoui 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.

Where Smaoui is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
TN Tunisia≈1,300 est.≈1 in 9K—Smaoui18
MA Morocco≈280 est.≈1 in 129K—Smaoui10
FR France≈260 est.≈1 in 261K34Smaoui123
DE Germany≈29 est.≈1 in 2.8M—Smaoui18
ES Spain291 in 1.7M29——
CH Switzerland101 in 840K10—2
NO Norway41 in 1.4M4——

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: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Smaoui is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Tunisia, Morocco, United States, Kuwait

    Also written Smàoui, Smäôùî, Smaoûi, Smâoùí, Šmåőüï

22 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 10 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Smaoui
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199134—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198134—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197131—
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—29#65,458
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—29#64,358
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196123—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195111—
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202410#60,931
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—4#73,433
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931——
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921——

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Smaoui have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.3 thousand people named Smaoui in Tunisia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled smaoui.
How common is the name Smaoui?
In Spain, the national register counted 29 people named Smaoui, about 1 in 1.7 million residents.

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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, “Smaoui”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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