de Smet Surname

26,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19,970 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Smet Surname Definition:

(Dutch) The worker in metal, the smith.

de Smet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium17,4111:66011
France9711:68,4079,500
Netherlands7491:22,5463,619
Australia3331:81,0689,424
United States861:4,214,639225,501
Dominican Republic771:135,4935,426
Canada681:541,84745,466
Thailand601:1,177,306172,517
England461:1,211,26256,182
Spain271:1,731,55749,506
Switzerland261:315,88124,844
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Chile131:1,355,11323,887
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Paraguay81:904,5939,127
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
New Caledonia41:69,0566,678
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Scotland41:1,338,45435,497
Wales41:773,63329,106
China41:341,830,39216,990
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

de Smet 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

de Smet Last Name Facts

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

The last name de Smet occurs most in Belgium. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

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

de Smet is the 26,901st most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 364,925 people. It is primarily found in Europe, where 96 percent of de Smet reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 81 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most common in Belgium, where it is borne by 17,411 people, or 1 in 660. In Belgium de Smet is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 88 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 6 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Belgium this surname exists in 46 countries. It is also found in France, where 5 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 4 percent are found.

de Smet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Smet has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 8,600 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 2,300 percent between 1881 and 2014.

de Smet Last Name Statistics demography

The amount de Smet earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 61.95% less than the national average, earning R 90,432 per year; in United States they earn 61.38% more than the national average, earning $69,634 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.39% less than the national average, earning $45,517 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Smedt938,987/
de Smeth93233/
de Smets934/
de Smeyt933/
de Smecht8856/
de Smeets881/
de Smedts881/
de Smmedt881/
de Smette881/
de Smit862,076/
De-Smet8620/
de Smed865/
de Smidt801,097/
de Smith8082/
de Smitt8013/
De-Smedt807/
de Smi771/
des Smith751/
de Smid7119/
de Schmidt7115/
de Schmitt712/
De-Smit712/
De-Smith677/
di Smith675/
da Smith674/
De-Smidt672/
der Schmitt671/
de Schmid637/
De-Smid572/
da Ssma571/

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