Smoley
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Frequency: (161)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Americanized form of Slovenian Smolej or Smole, a nickname derived from smola ‘resin’, ‘pitch’, figuratively ‘bad luck’. is another surname of the same origin. Compare Smolar 1.
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