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 surname Smetz is found in Belgium more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Smetz? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,011,991st most frequently occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 29,034,047 people. The surname Smetz is primarily found in Europe, where 100 percent of Smetz are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 61 percent are found in Gallo-Europe.
This last name is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is carried by 160 people, or 1 in 71,854. In Belgium it 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. Apart from Belgium this surname is found in 5 countries. It is also found 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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