Smits Surname
Approximately 39,842 people bear this surname
Smits Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 25,843 | 1:653 | 24 |
| Belgium | 4,724 | 1:2,434 | 207 |
| United States | 3,450 | 1:105,061 | 11,548 |
| Latvia | 1,214 | 1:1,689 | 168 |
| Australia | 1,129 | 1:23,911 | 3,277 |
| Germany | 908 | 1:88,662 | 11,171 |
| Canada | 683 | 1:53,947 | 6,437 |
| France | 413 | 1:160,830 | 25,023 |
| New Zealand | 197 | 1:22,986 | 4,040 |
| England | 169 | 1:329,693 | 24,334 |
| South Africa | 150 | 1:361,185 | 32,866 |
| Thailand | 133 | 1:531,115 | 91,871 |
| Denmark | 83 | 1:68,009 | 6,785 |
| Spain | 75 | 1:623,360 | 28,648 |
| Switzerland | 66 | 1:124,438 | 12,477 |
| Suriname | 64 | 1:8,635 | 2,172 |
| Ireland | 41 | 1:114,852 | 5,857 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Norway | 36 | 1:142,841 | 18,058 |
| Brazil | 31 | 1:6,905,624 | 162,221 |
| Singapore | 30 | 1:183,590 | 7,666 |
| Sweden | 26 | 1:378,721 | 26,697 |
| Chile | 26 | 1:677,557 | 15,745 |
| Russia | 25 | 1:5,764,922 | 242,644 |
| Poland | 21 | 1:1,809,940 | 93,678 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Aruba | 18 | 1:5,749 | 789 |
| Scotland | 17 | 1:314,930 | 14,413 |
| Argentina | 14 | 1:3,053,101 | 127,728 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Costa Rica | 12 | 1:398,339 | 3,755 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 1:1,222,580 | 5,222 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Greece | 5 | 1:2,215,958 | 91,893 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| China | 5 | 1:273,464,313 | 13,838 |
| Mexico | 5 | 1:24,825,241 | 58,251 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1:5,202,140 | 12,146 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Israel | 4 | 1:2,139,408 | 95,907 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Luxembourg | 3 | 1:193,514 | 7,046 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 83 | 1:605,044 | 40,538 |
The alternate forms: Šmits (21) are calculated separately.
Smits (27) may also be a first name.
Smits Demographics
Smits Political Affiliation
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Smits Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smits Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Smits (Russian: Смитс) is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Šmits. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Smits? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 13,988th most frequently used surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 182,911 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 85 percent of Smits reside; 80 percent reside in Western Europe and 78 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Smits is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used first name globally, held by 27 people.
The surname Smits is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 25,843 people, or 1 in 653. In The Netherlands Smits is most prevalent in: North Brabant, where 35 percent reside, South Holland, where 18 percent reside and Gelderland, where 13 percent reside. Barring The Netherlands Smits occurs in 81 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 12 percent reside and The United States, where 9 percent reside.
Smits Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Smits has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 4,157 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,690 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Smits Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Smits last name are 30.66% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 77.43% registered with the political party.
The amount Smits earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 4.76% less than the national average, earning 329,611 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 41.53% more than the national average, earning R 336,324 per year; in United States they earn 8.35% more than the national average, earning $46,751 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.72% more than the national average, earning $51,532 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Šmits | 93 | 21 | / |
| Smidts | 91 | 521 | / |
| Smiths | 91 | 443 | / |
| Shmits | 91 | 73 | / |
| Smitts | 91 | 43 | / |
| Smiets | 91 | 15 | / |
| Smitzs | 91 | 0 | / |
| Smuits | 91 | 0 | / |
| Schmits | 83 | 971 | / |
| Shmitts | 83 | 34 | / |
| Shmidts | 83 | 6 | / |
| Smiedts | 83 | 2 | / |
| Scmeits | 83 | 1 | / |
| Scmitsz | 83 | 1 | / |
| Smithss | 83 | 1 | / |
| Smithcs | 83 | 1 | / |
| Smets | 80 | 16,216 | / |
| Smids | 80 | 815 | / |
| Smitz | 80 | 624 | / |
| Smyts | 80 | 10 | / |
| Smitc | 80 | 2 | / |
| Schmidts | 77 | 888 | / |
| Schmeits | 77 | 525 | / |
| Schmitts | 77 | 29 | / |
| Schmiets | 77 | 4 | / |
| Szmaites | 77 | 3 | / |
| Shchmits | 77 | 1 | / |
| Schmiths | 77 | 1 | / |
| Smeets | 73 | 20,322 | / |
| Smedts | 73 | 1,264 | / |
| Smitch | 73 | 133 | / |
| Smetts | 73 | 107 | / |
| Shmitz | 73 | 67 | / |
| Smeyts | 73 | 34 | / |
| Szmitz | 73 | 25 | / |
| Smeitz | 73 | 23 | / |
| Smithz | 73 | 14 | / |
| Shmyts | 73 | 13 | / |
| Smeths | 73 | 7 | / |
| Smithc | 73 | 6 | / |
| Smyths | 73 | 6 | / |
| Smithx | 73 | 4 | / |
| Shmids | 73 | 4 | / |
| Smidtz | 73 | 3 | / |
| Shmets | 73 | 3 | / |
| Smitze | 73 | 1 | / |
| Smidds | 73 | 1 | / |
| Shmitc | 73 | 1 | / |
| Smittz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Chmits | 73 | 1 | / |
| Smitzh | 73 | 0 | / |
| Smitdz | 73 | 0 | / |
| Schmitz | 67 | 218,468 | / |
| Schmets | 67 | 380 | / |
| Schmids | 67 | 47 | / |
| Smic | 67 | 40 | / |
| Smiz | 67 | 7 | / |
| Smić | 67 | 5 | / |
| Schmitc | 67 | 3 | / |
| Schmitx | 67 | 3 | / |
| Shmytts | 67 | 2 | / |
| Smetshe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Shmittz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Smeetes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shmytst | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scmhitz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scmitdz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Smoitch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shmidtsova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shmidtz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Smythes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Smeeths | 67 | 1 | / |
| Scmidtz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Smichtz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shmietz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Shmeitz | 67 | 0 | / |
Smits Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Smits in the Russian language | ||
| Смитс | smits | - |
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Footnotes
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Smits
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