Smids Surname

424,566th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 815 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Smids Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smids Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands5331:31,6835,248
Sweden921:107,0307,712
Canada711:518,95243,932
Belgium371:310,72035,739
United States191:19,076,786604,894
Austria181:473,08046,251
Finland181:305,37222,464
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
France11:66,422,722504,397
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
England11:55,718,059489,080
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Smids (19) may also be a first name.

Smids Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Smids Come From? nationality or country of origin

Smids (Russian: Смидс) is more frequently found in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Smids.

How Common Is The Last Name Smids? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 424,566th most commonly occurring family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,941,774 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Smids live; 72 percent live in Western Europe and 72 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequent given name worldwide. It is borne by 19 people.

This last name is most frequently held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 533 people, or 1 in 31,683. In The Netherlands Smids is most frequent in: Friesland, where 28 percent live, Gelderland, where 15 percent live and North Holland, where 12 percent live. Other than The Netherlands this last name is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 11 percent live and Canada, where 9 percent live.

Smids Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Smids has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Smids surname increased 238 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Smids Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Smids earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 34.9% less than the national average, earning $28,089 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.89% less than the national average, earning $42,783 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smidts91521/
Shmids914/
Smidds911/
Schmids8347/
Shmidts836/
Smiedts832/
Smits8039,842/
Smeds801,496/
Schmidts77888/
Schmieds7717/
Schmidst771/
Smedts731,264/
Smiths73443/
Shmits7373/
Smitts7343/
Smedås7334/
Smeeds7319/
Smiets7315/
Smidtz733/
Smitzs730/
Smuits730/
Smedds730/
Smeads730/
Smitdz730/
Schmits67971/
Smic6740/
Shmitts6734/
Schmidz6717/
Smiz677/
Smić675/
Scmidtz671/
Smithcs671/
Shmidtz671/
Shmidtsova671/
Smithss671/
Scmitsz671/
Scmitdz671/
Scmeits671/
Schmidx671/
Shmeidz670/
Schmidc670/

Smids Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Smids in the Russian language
Смидсsmids-

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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 Smids
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