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Pronunciation of surnames

  • 23 September 2021 2:15 AM
    Reply # 11112282 on 11110805

    FamilySearch.org has the following number of entries:

    SMOLIGA = 752; SZMOLIGA = 399; SMALIGO = 333.

    Membership is free.  Site is run by the LDS (Mormon) Church.

    You can search GEDmatch.com and FamilySearch.org using your family FIRST NAMES as well as their SURNAMES to find potential relatives and/or records. 

    You may also find new relatives previously unknown.

  • 23 September 2021 2:08 AM
    Reply # 11112274 on 11110805

    GEDmatch.com accepts DNA tests and GEDCOM (family trees) from all companies like Ancestry, 23&Me, My Heritage, etc.  Membership is free with email registration.  My DNA kit number is A875569.

    GEDmatch search on GEDCOM yielded the following:
    SMOLIGA has 21 entries and SZMOLIGA has only 5.  Most from Slovakia.
    SMALIGO has 6 entries.  Details are hidden - probably living people.

    You can write to person managing the family tree using emails provided.

  • 23 September 2021 1:55 AM
    Reply # 11112257 on 11110805


    Highest PREVALENCY (absolute number ) for SMALIGO surname variants:

    SMILJKA, 5390 in Serbia [highest]

    Smaylik 134 in Russia [3rd highest]

    Link for more variants:  https://forebears.io/forenames?q=Smaligo

  • 23 September 2021 1:48 AM
    Reply # 11112239 on 11110805


    SMOLIGA surname on forebears.io shows only 388 persons with that surname worldwide.  Highest number in Poland 263 followed by USA 52, Slovakia 38, France 23, Czechia 11 and one each in Switzerland and South Korea.

    Top 10 variations of SMOLIGA surname and country most prevalent:
    https://forebears.io/surnames/smoliga.

  • 22 September 2021 1:46 PM
    Message # 11110805
    It is documented that our surname, Smaligo, had been changed from Smoliga.  Is it possible that the original spelling would have been Szmoliga?
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