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 found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Smids? popularity and diffusion

The last name Smids is the 424,566th most frequently occurring surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 8,941,774 people. The surname Smids is primarily found 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 numerous given name globally, held by 19 people.

The last name is most widely held in The Netherlands, where it is held by 533 people, or 1 in 31,683. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Friesland, where 28 percent reside, Gelderland, where 15 percent reside and North Holland, where 12 percent reside. Aside from The Netherlands this last name exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 11 percent reside and Canada, where 9 percent reside.

Smids Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Smids has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Smids last name rose 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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