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
Smuts is more frequently found in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Smuts? popularity and diffusion
The last name Smuts is the 67,364th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 986,270 people. The last name 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. Smuts is also the 417,166th most widely held first name internationally, borne by 424 people.
It is most common in South Africa, where it is held by 6,626 people, or 1 in 8,177. In South Africa it is mostly found in: Gauteng, where 34 percent reside, Western Cape, where 28 percent reside and KwaZulu-Natal, where 8 percent reside. Besides South Africa this surname exists in 35 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.
Smuts Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Smuts has changed over time. 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 bearing the Smuts last name are 23.82% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 70.59% being registered to vote for the political 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
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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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