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.
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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 can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Smets? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 32,786th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 449,405 people. The last name Smets occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Smets reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 77 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 16 people.
The surname Smets is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is borne by 13,292 people, or 1 in 865. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 80 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 13 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account Belgium it exists in 48 countries. It is also common 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 through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Smets last name expanded 3,256 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Smets Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Smets are 19.9% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for 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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- 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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