Kmet Surname

128,586th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,524 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Kmet Surname User-submission:

The Kmet surname means 'farmer' in Slovenian and Slovakian.

Kmet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine1,7321:26,2833,766
United States4551:796,61361,475
Russia3231:446,20142,160
Slovenia3221:7,7261,734
Canada1251:294,76527,374
Croatia941:44,9858,846
Argentina781:547,99239,725
Slovakia671:79,64915,428
Poland561:678,72858,421
Czechia391:272,65335,847
Germany351:2,300,156119,987
Australia271:999,84158,390
England271:2,063,63279,942
Brazil231:9,307,580200,052
Transnistria191:24,9844,311
Sweden151:656,45048,545
Hungary141:701,16338,752
Austria141:608,24554,975
Kazakhstan131:1,360,19271,840
Belarus91:1,055,67372,859
Kyrgyzstan71:853,23652,732
Paraguay61:1,206,12410,500
Moldova51:712,27439,996
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
France41:16,605,680368,153
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873

The alternate forms: Kmét (1) are calculated separately.

Kmet (20) may also be a first name.

Kmet Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Kmet surname means 'farmer' in Slovenian and Slovakian.

- John Markovic

Kmet Last Name Facts

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

The last name Kmet (Russian: Кметь) occurs in Ukraine more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as: Kmét. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kmet? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 128,586th most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,067,976 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of Kmet are found; 61 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 56 percent are found in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequent forename worldwide. It is borne by 20 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Ukraine, where it is carried by 1,732 people, or 1 in 26,283. In Ukraine Kmet is most frequent in: Lviv Oblast, where 34 percent live, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, where 19 percent live and Vinnytsia Oblast, where 13 percent live. Apart from Ukraine this last name exists in 31 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 13 percent live and Russia, where 9 percent live.

Kmet Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Orthodox (94%) in Russia and Orthodox (63%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Kmet last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered United Russias than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Kmet earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 21.91% more than the national average, earning $52,601 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.2% less than the national average, earning $47,597 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kmét921/
Kmets89330/
Kmett89317/
Kmeth8998/
Kmete897/
Khmeit80791/
Kmetcz8012/
Khmeth803/
Kmecht802/
Kmeitz802/
Kmetch801/
Kmeitt801/
Kmyt751,192/
Kmit75774/
Kmeč75105/
Cmet7529/
Kmeć7511/
Kmed752/
Kmetova73146/
Kmetová7391/
Kmetsch7363/
Keđemet734/
Kmecz67127/
Kmitt6781/
Kmeid6765/
Kmyts6734/
Kmith6726/
Kmiot678/
Kmite678/
Kmait676/
Kmydt675/
Khmed674/
Khmetova674/
Kmyte671/
Kmedz671/

Kmet Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Kmet in the Russian language
Кметьkmet-

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kmet
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