de Smits Surname

2,909,720th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

de Smits Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Smits 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
Netherlands431:392,72541,894
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212

de Smits Last Name Facts

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

The surname de Smits is found most in The Netherlands. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of de Smits click here.

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

The last name de Smits is the 2,909,720th most common surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of de Smits live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

It is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 392,725. In The Netherlands de Smits is most common in: South Holland, where 70 percent live, North Brabant, where 19 percent live and Flevoland, where 2 percent live. Beside The Netherlands this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Sweden, where 4 percent live.

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
Desmidts8822/
de Smets884/
Desmiidts821/
de Samtis821/
de Smeets821/
de Smedts821/
de Smidse821/
Desmots80483/
Desmets80116/
Desmats8070/
de Schmitz783/
Dezamits7580/
Desimots7576/
Desmauts7536/
Dezomits7535/
Desmatis751/
de Sa Matos7413/
de S Mattos742/
Desmottes71598/
Desmoutis715/
do Samtos712/
Desmattes711/
Desamatos711/
de Sa Mattos707/
Desmetz6798/
Dismats6715/
de Sao Mateus6712/
Desmotz6711/
de Sa E Matos672/
das Moitas671/
Dzamits671/
da Schmitz671/
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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 Smits
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