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The Smolen surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,655 people carried this name — #17,131 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 178,600 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,543 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Smolen surname

From Polish Smoleń.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Smolen» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Poland’s population register

5,427 people named Smolen have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 5,823 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lesser Poland 2,192
Subcarpathian 922
Silesian 523
Lower Silesian 499
Masovian 262
Lublin 232
Opole 185
Kuyavian-Pomeranian 136

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 57 people named Smolen.

21 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Meurthe-et-Moselle.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 21
Meurthe-et-Moselle 11
Nord 7
Pas-de-Calais 5
Puy-de-Dôme 2
Oise 2
Moselle 2
Gard 2
Finistère 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Smolen,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mike Smolen 1940–1992 · bridge player
  • Josef S Smolen 1950– · physician
  • Radek Smolen 1961– · singer
  • Štěpán Smolen 1983– · writer
  • Ben Smolen 1992– · flautist

Wikidata (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Smolen.

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