Smetz Surname
Approximately 251 people bear this surname
Smetz Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 160 | 1:71,854 | 11,471 |
| Germany | 85 | 1:947,123 | 66,306 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 1:2,008,747 | 100,426 |
Smetz Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smetz Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Smetz is held by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Smetz? popularity and diffusion
Smetz is the 1,011,991st most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 29,034,047 people. The last name Smetz is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Smetz live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 61 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
The surname Smetz is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is borne by 160 people, or 1 in 71,854. In Belgium Smetz is mostly concentrated in: Walloon Region, where 93 percent are found, Flemish Region, where 6 percent are found and Brussels Capital Region, where 1 percent are found. Not including Belgium this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 34 percent are found and France, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Smetz
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