SURFACE MOUNT INDUCTOR

A surface mount inductor including: a core comprising a winding core and a pair of flanges connected to both sides of the winding core; a pair of electrodes formed on at least a part of the outer peripheral surfaces of the pair of flanges; and a wire wound around the winding core in which a pair of wire ends are fixed to the pair of electrodes. In the surface mount inductor, the wire includes a first part wound in contact with an adjacent turn and a second part wound away from an adjacent turn and is connected to the wire end. The second part is distant from a lower edge of a mounting surface side, where the wire end is fixed to the electrode, at an edge of the winding core.