Smeets Surname
Approximately 20,322 people bear this surname
Smeets Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 12,985 | 1:1,301 | 69 |
| Belgium | 5,286 | 1:2,175 | 168 |
| Germany | 1,075 | 1:74,889 | 9,472 |
| United States | 255 | 1:1,421,408 | 97,813 |
| Canada | 161 | 1:228,855 | 21,956 |
| Australia | 105 | 1:257,102 | 23,526 |
| France | 99 | 1:670,937 | 86,003 |
| Brazil | 56 | 1:3,822,756 | 105,432 |
| Thailand | 39 | 1:1,811,240 | 225,763 |
| England | 38 | 1:1,466,265 | 63,675 |
| New Zealand | 31 | 1:146,075 | 17,002 |
| Switzerland | 29 | 1:283,204 | 22,806 |
| Spain | 27 | 1:1,731,557 | 49,506 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Luxembourg | 4 | 1:145,136 | 6,519 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Curaçao | 4 | 1:39,312 | 638 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Smeets (13) may also be a first name.
Smeets Demographics
Average Smeets Salary in
United States
$41,043 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Smeets Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smeets Come From? nationality or country of origin
Smeets is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Smeets? popularity and diffusion
The surname Smeets is the 26,488th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 358,604 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Smeets reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 90 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 3,159,357th most widespread first name at a global level, borne by 13 people.
The surname is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 12,985 people, or 1 in 1,301. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Limburg, where 63 percent live, North Brabant, where 14 percent live and South Holland, where 6 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands this last name is found in 53 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 26 percent live and Germany, where 5 percent live.
Smeets Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Smeets has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 3,188 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Smeets Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Smeets are 40.73% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 87.5% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Smeets earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 73.24% less than the national average, earning R 63,600 per year; in United States they earn 4.88% less than the national average, earning $41,043 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.39% more than the national average, earning $51,866 CAD per year.
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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 Smeets
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