Smorfitt Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Smorfitt Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. a corruption of Smurthwaite; v. Smithett. It is found in a London register as Smurfoote, a kind of halfway stage in the corruption.
1661. Baptised — Bridget, d. Robert Smurfoote: St.
Read More About This SurnameSmorfitt Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 24 | 1:2,257,404 | 96,432 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
Smorfitt Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. a corruption of Smurthwaite; v. Smithett. It is found in a London register as Smurfoote, a kind of halfway stage in the corruption.
1661. Baptised — Bridget, d. Robert Smurfoote: St. James, Clerkenwell.
1753. Married — John Smurfit and Catherine Gainer: St. George, Hanover Square.
(Teutonic) This is hardly likely to be a corrupt form of Smurthwaite. In names, a second (unstressed) element -fit(t usually represents -foot; and, in fact, Bardsley mentions the surname Smurfoote as occurring in a 17th-cent. London register. But it is not very probable that the first element here is the Old Norse smior (Dan- Norwegian smör), ‘butter’; and possibly it is (with intrus. -r) for Old Norse smá-r (Danish- Norwegian smaa, pron. smaw), ‘small.’
Smorfitt Demographics
Average Smorfitt Salary in
South Africa
R 354,456
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Smorfitt Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smorfitt Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Smorfitt is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Smorfitt? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,055,934th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. Smorfitt is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Smorfitt reside; 59 percent reside in Southern Africa and 59 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 24 people, or 1 in 2,257,404. In South Africa it is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 88 percent reside, Gauteng, where 8 percent reside and Western Cape, where 4 percent reside. Apart from South Africa Smorfitt occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in England, where 24 percent reside and Australia, where 10 percent reside.
Smorfitt Last Name Statistics demography
Smorfitt earn a lot more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 49.16% more than the national average, earning R 354,456 per year.
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