Smets Surname
Approximately 16,216 people bear this surname
Smets Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 13,292 | 1:865 | 21 |
| Netherlands | 1,156 | 1:14,608 | 2,191 |
| Germany | 629 | 1:127,990 | 15,614 |
| France | 552 | 1:120,331 | 18,187 |
| United States | 293 | 1:1,237,061 | 87,515 |
| England | 45 | 1:1,238,179 | 56,985 |
| Spain | 42 | 1:1,113,144 | 39,565 |
| Switzerland | 35 | 1:234,655 | 19,741 |
| Canada | 35 | 1:1,052,731 | 78,176 |
| Australia | 23 | 1:1,173,726 | 64,589 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| New Zealand | 7 | 1:646,903 | 40,014 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Ecuador | 3 | 1:5,301,949 | 30,184 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Smets (16) may also be a first name.
Smets Demographics
Average Male Smets Height
178.3 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Smets Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smets Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Smets (Russian: Смець) is more frequently found in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Smets? popularity and diffusion
Smets is the 32,786th most numerous family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 449,405 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Smets live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 77 percent live in Germanic Europe. Smets is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently held first name world-wide, held by 16 people.
It is most common in Belgium, where it is borne by 13,292 people, or 1 in 865. In Belgium it is most common in: Flemish Region, where 80 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 13 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Belgium it exists in 48 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 7 percent reside and Germany, where 4 percent reside.
Smets Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Smets has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Smets surname grew 3,256 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Smets Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Smets last name are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the party.
The amount Smets earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 13.29% more than the national average, earning $48,885 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.78% more than the national average, earning $54,043 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Smets Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Smets in the Russian language | ||
| Смець | smec | - |
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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
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- 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 Smets
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