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    The surname Smolen

    A Polish surname, carried by 1,655 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S545

    Smolen: #17,131 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Smolen #17,131, 1,655 people Smolen: #17,131 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Smolen #17,131, 1,655 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Smolen is more common than 89.4% of them.

    Origin

    Polish origin

    From Polish Smoleń.

    One of 304 Polish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,655 people named Smolen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 186,553 Americans. That is up 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,543.

    #17,131
    rank among US surnames
    1,655
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.3%
    change since 2000 (was #16,984)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,127Secord1,656186,441
    #17,131Luviano1,655186,553
    #17,135Godby1,654186,666

    Who is named Smolen

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Smolen identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as two or more races and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Smolen

    Smolen has the Soundex code S545, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S545.

    Other Polish surnames

    All 304 Polish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Smolen come from?
    From Polish Smoleń.
    How common is the surname Smolen?
    1,655 people in the United States had the surname Smolen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 186,553 Americans. It ranked 17,131st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Smolen?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Smolen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Smolen getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,543 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,655 in 2010, up 7.3%.