Smuts Surname
Approximately 7,389 people bear this surname
Smuts Surname Definition:
Variation on Smit (Smith).
Smuts Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6,626 | 1:8,177 | 1,046 |
| United States | 259 | 1:1,399,455 | 96,631 |
| England | 122 | 1:456,705 | 30,074 |
| Australia | 108 | 1:249,960 | 23,064 |
| New Zealand | 57 | 1:79,444 | 11,532 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Sweden | 7 | 1:1,406,680 | 102,017 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Namibia | 5 | 1:481,880 | 11,140 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:1,547,266 | 39,871 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:1,875,028 | 58,113 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 1:2,282,667 | 111,005 |
Smuts (424) may also be a first name.
Smuts Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Variation on Smit (Smith).
Smuts Demographics
Smuts Political Affiliation
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Smuts Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Smuts Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Smuts is found in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Smuts click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Smuts? popularity and diffusion
It is the 67,364th most prevalent last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 986,270 people. Smuts occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Smuts are found; 90 percent are found in Southern Africa and 90 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 417,166th most commonly occurring first name in the world, borne by 424 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is held by 6,626 people, or 1 in 8,177. In South Africa Smuts is primarily found in: Gauteng, where 34 percent are found, Western Cape, where 28 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent are found. Excluding South Africa Smuts is found in 35 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent are found and England, where 2 percent are found.
Smuts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Smuts has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Smuts surname rose 1,177 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 938 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Smuts Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Smuts surname are 23.82% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 70.59% registered with the party.
The amount Smuts earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 58.66% more than the national average, earning R 377,040 per year; in United States they earn 36.22% more than the national average, earning $58,776 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.5% less than the national average, earning $43,474 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smouts | 91 | 278 | / |
| Shmuts | 91 | 47 | / |
| Smutts | 91 | 3 | / |
| Smutsd | 91 | 1 | / |
| Smuits | 91 | 0 | / |
| Shmauts | 83 | 13 | / |
| Schmuts | 83 | 2 | / |
| Shmutts | 83 | 1 | / |
| Smutz | 80 | 534 | / |
| Smots | 80 | 0 | / |
| Schmuths | 77 | 33 | / |
| Smutsová | 77 | 1 | / |
| Schmutsh | 77 | 0 | / |
| Smoots | 73 | 649 | / |
| Smotts | 73 | 54 | / |
| Shmots | 73 | 19 | / |
| Shmutz | 73 | 11 | / |
| Smutch | 73 | 3 | / |
| Smoets | 73 | 1 | / |
| Smoths | 73 | 1 | / |
| Smutcz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Szmutz | 73 | 1 | / |
| Smautz | 73 | 0 | / |
| Smoutz | 73 | 0 | / |
| Schmutsch | 71 | 2 | / |
| Schmutz | 67 | 9,445 | / |
| Smuc | 67 | 100 | / |
| Smooths | 67 | 50 | / |
| Schmutc | 67 | 45 | / |
| Smuz | 67 | 34 | / |
| Shmutch | 67 | 0 | / |
| Schmots | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Smuts
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