Smidt Surname

50,125th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10,246 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Denmark

Smidt Surname Definition:

(Dutch) The worker in metals.

Smidt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,2351:162,17416,505
Denmark1,9171:2,945245
Netherlands1,3511:12,5001,791
Germany1,3451:59,8557,714
South Africa1,2891:42,0315,380
Argentina3781:113,0789,543
Australia3551:76,0448,891
Brazil3161:677,45024,995
Canada1401:263,18324,832
Norway1051:48,9747,020
Russia941:1,533,224104,207
Hungary901:109,07010,434
New Zealand771:58,8099,204
Belgium681:169,06823,042
Sweden621:158,81911,058
Estonia581:22,7904,104
England571:977,51048,999
Austria501:170,30922,149
French Polynesia491:5,7311,283
Portugal381:274,16410,086
France341:1,953,609166,012
Moldova231:154,84216,100
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Thailand91:7,848,705447,191
Zimbabwe91:1,715,36084,476
Lithuania81:379,32417,382
Mexico71:17,732,31550,495
Slovakia71:762,35073,078
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
Poland41:9,502,187181,606
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Belarus31:3,167,020121,664
Kyrgyzstan31:1,990,88579,765
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
China21:683,660,78330,601
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Greenland11:56,3791,133
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England231:1,059,79941,508
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,2271:40,9284,805

The alternate forms: Šmidt (280), Śmidt (1), Smídt (1) & Šmídt (21) are calculated separately.

Smidt (34) may also be a first name.

Smidt Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Dutch) The worker in metals.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Smidt Last Name Facts

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

The surname Smidt (Arabic: سميدت, Russian: Смидт) has its highest incidence in The United States. It can occur as a variant: Šmidt, Śmidt, Smídt or Šmídt. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Smidt? popularity and diffusion

The surname Smidt is the 50,125th most frequently used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 711,258 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 52 percent of Smidt are found; 28 percent are found in Western Europe and 28 percent are found in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,775,424th most commonly occurring first name world-wide It is held by 34 people.

The last name is most commonly held in The United States, where it is carried by 2,235 people, or 1 in 162,174. In The United States Smidt is mostly concentrated in: Iowa, where 12 percent reside, California, where 10 percent reside and Nebraska, where 8 percent reside. Outside of The United States this last name occurs in 57 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 19 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 13 percent reside.

Smidt Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Smidt has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Smidt surname grew 182 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 248 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Smidt Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Smidt are 26.97% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 73.74% registered with the political party.

The amount Smidt earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 13.22% more than the national average, earning 391,822 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 30.18% more than the national average, earning R 309,360 per year; in United States they earn 8.45% more than the national average, earning $46,797 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.97% more than the national average, earning $54,142 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šmidt93280/
Śmidt931/
Smídt931/
Shmidt9140,064/
Szmidt915,939/
Scmidt91394/
Smidth91145/
Smiedt9162/
Smidte9141/
Smidtt915/
Smitdt911/
Sjmidt911/
Smgidt911/
Smeidt910/
Smit89157,459/
Smid897,308/
Šmídt8721/
Schmidt831,087,011/
Scmhidt836/
Szmiedt836/
Scmidth833/
Shmidte832/
Shzmidt832/
Sshmidt831/
Shmidtt831/
Smichdt831/
Shmidth831/
Scmidtt831/
Shmiedt831/
Szmidth831/
Shmitdt831/
Smidtte830/
Shmiddt830/
Shmeidt830/
Smith804,458,855/
Szmit804,100/
Smite803,544/
Smitt802,020/
Shmit801,237/
Szmid80642/
Shmid80587/
Smiet80239/
Smedt80195/
Smiht80157/
Smist80136/
Smied8048/
Scmid8029/
Smitd8023/
Smidh8018/
Scmit807/
Smeit804/
Hsmid804/
Smhit803/
Smait803/
Smaid803/
Smeid802/
Smiot801/
Smuid801/
Smgit801/
Ssmit801/
Hsmit801/
Sxmit801/
Jsmit801/
Smmit801/
Sjmid800/
Dsmit800/
Smidd800/
Smydt800/
Schmiedt771,491/
Schmidtt77130/
Schmidth77118/
Schmitdt7721/
Szchmidt7717/
Schmidte779/
Schmmidt778/
Schmeidt778/
Schmiddt775/
Schmidtd774/
Smidtová774/
Sschmidt773/
Schmaidt772/
Smidtova772/
Shchmidt772/
Zschmidt771/
Schmihdt771/
Schsmidt771/
Schmiodt771/
Schzmidt771/
Schjmidt770/
Smi75338/
Schmid73235,734/
Schmit7322,626/
Shmydt731,962/
Shmeit731,789/
Smedts731,264/
Smithe731,068/
Szmydt73611/
Shmait73315/
Shmitt73303/
Scmitt73146/
Szmist73120/
Shmith7396/
Smitth7395/
Shmitd7385/
Smithh7369/
Smaith7346/
Smitte7346/
Chmidt7336/
Szmiot7332/
Smmith7329/
Ssmith7326/
Smieth7324/
Smeitz7323/
Scmith7323/
Shmite7321/
Smioth7319/
Smicht7317/
Smoith7316/
Smitht7313/
Hsmith7313/
Szmitd7313/
Szmied737/
Smeith736/
Smuith736/
Szmitt735/
Zsmith733/
Scmait732/
Sxmith732/
Smithd732/
Smijth731/
Xsmith731/
Scmeid731/
Scmidd731/
Smihth731/
Smaitt731/
Shmiot731/
Smihtt731/
Smaite730/
Smydth730/
Smittd730/
Smedth730/
Smitdh730/
Smuits730/
Smiett730/
Shmedt730/
Shmidtova719/
Schmidthe714/
Schmidtte711/
Hjschmidt711/
Shmidtová711/
D'Schmidt711/
Schmiddtt710/
Schmitt67274,771/
Schmied6711,582/
Smet6710,647/
Šmid672,676/
Schmidtová672,058/
Smed671,979/
Schmith671,635/
Šmit671,277/
Zmit671,084/
Schmedt67928/
Smai67853/
Smidová67438/
Schmitd67431/
Smis67392/
Smih67381/
Smyt67118/
Smei6789/
Smidova6783/
Shmi6775/
Schmiot6772/
Smyi6770/
Schmidtova6767/
Smie6748/
Smip6735/
Smii6734/
Cmit6730/
D'Smith6727/
Smjt6724/
Smitova6724/
Smitová6721/
Smyd6721/
Smiy6720/
Schmiet6717/
Schmist6716/
Szmiett6712/
Schmydt679/
Schmädt678/
Schmeid677/
Schmidd677/
Smiz677/
Schmidh676/
Smoi676/
Smið676/
Smmi676/
Schmizt675/
Schmait674/
Schmeit674/
Hsmi674/
Smio673/
Jsmi673/
Şmit673/
Smij673/
Schmidp672/
Schmiht672/
Shmeith672/
Şmid672/
Šchmidt672/
Scmhitt671/
Jssmith671/
Smoitch671/
Smui671/
Schmmit671/
Schmitp671/
Śmit671/
Zmid671/
Smíd671/
Smhi671/
Shmithe671/
Schmihd671/
Szchmid671/
Szchmit671/
Smichtz671/
Xmid671/
Xmit671/
Cmid671/
Schmuit670/
Smydthe670/
Shmeidz670/
Shmeitz670/

Smidt Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Smidt in the Russian language
Смидтsmidt-
Smidt in the Arabic language
سميدتsmydt-

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