de Schmid Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Namibia

de Schmid Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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de Schmid Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582

de Schmid Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Schmid Come From? nationality or country of origin

de Schmid is most common in South Africa. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Schmid? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Schmid is the 7,117,718th most commonly used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of de Schmid live; 100 percent live in Southern Africa and 100 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 10,835,541. Without taking into account South Africa this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Namibia, where 29 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Schmidt9515/
de Smid8819/
de Schmitt842/
de Smidt821,097/
de Smi801/
der Schmitt801/
de Smit752,076/
de Smed755/
De-Smid752/
de Smedt718,987/
de Smith7182/
de Smitt7113/
De-Smidt712/
de Smecht6756/
de Smmedt671/
de Smedts671/
des Smith671/
de Smet6319,970/
De-Smit632/
de Smeth59233/
De-Smith597/
De-Smedt597/
di Smith595/
de Smets594/
da Smith594/
de Smeyt593/
de Smeets561/
de Smette561/
De-Smet5020/
da Ssma501/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Schmid
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