de Smedt Surname

56,431st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,987 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Smedt Surname Definition:

(Dutch) The worker in metal, the smith.

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de Smedt 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
Belgium8,3971:1,36956
France2841:233,88336,253
Netherlands661:255,86632,556
South Africa291:1,868,19787,346
Thailand281:2,522,798271,580
Suriname261:21,2544,689
England161:3,482,379114,324
Canada151:2,456,373146,130
Argentina141:3,053,101127,728
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
Ecuador111:1,445,98617,636
United States111:32,950,812797,015
Peru101:3,178,41230,046
Germany101:8,050,546248,660
Brazil91:23,786,037375,389
Denmark81:705,58939,626
Italy71:8,736,670118,213
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Norway61:857,04855,549
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Uruguay21:1,715,87935,955
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Mauritius11:1,293,41716,552
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

de Smedt Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch) The worker in metal, the smith.

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

De Smedt means 'the blacksmith' in Dutch.

In Dutchland and South Africa, a variant is "Smit". Flemish people say "Smet". It's like "Smith" in English, "Kowalski" in Polish or "Ferrari" in Spanish.

- julods
DNA test information
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de Smedt Demographics

Average de Smedt Salary in
United States

$91,667 USD

Per year
Rank:
31,238 of 1,180,305
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
3.22448E-6
Rank: 790,564 of 1,181,369
Percentage of national average salary:
212.44%
Sample size: 3 (2014)

Average Salary in
United States

$43,149 USD

Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD

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de Smedt Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Smedt is found in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

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

The last name is the 56,431st most frequently occurring surname in the world, held by around 1 in 810,899 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 98 percent of de Smedt live; 98 percent live in Western Europe and 83 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Belgium, where it is carried by 8,397 people, or 1 in 1,369. In Belgium it is most prevalent in: Flemish Region, where 87 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 9 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Belgium this last name exists in 34 countries. It is also common in France, where 3 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.

de Smedt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Smedt has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the de Smedt last name increased 533 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it increased 1,100 percent between 1880 and 2014.

de Smedt Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Smedt earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 5.65% less than the national average, earning 326,537 kr per year; in Peru they earn 129.65% more than the national average, earning S/. 44,518 per year; in South Africa they earn 30.97% more than the national average, earning R 311,244 per year; in United States they earn 112.44% more than the national average, earning $91,667 USD per year and in Canada they earn 37.59% more than the national average, earning $68,357 CAD per year.

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 Smedts941/
de Smmedt941/
de Smet9319,970/
de Smed935/
de Smidt881,097/
de Smeth88233/
De-Smedt887/
de Smets884/
de Smeyt883/
de Smecht8256/
de Smeets821/
de Smette821/
de Smit802,076/
De-Smet8020/
de Smid8019/
de Schmidt7815/
de Smith7582/
de Smitt7513/
De-Smidt752/
de Schmid717/
des Smith711/
de Smi711/
de Schmitt672/
De-Smit672/
De-Smid672/
De-Smith637/
di Smith635/
da Smith634/
der Schmitt631/
da Ssma531/
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