van Smit Surname
Approximately 97 people bear this surname
van Smit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 92 | 1:183,556 | 26,152 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
van Smit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name van Smit Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname van Smit is found in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name van Smit? popularity and diffusion
The surname van Smit is the 1,882,912th most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 75,129,339 people. van Smit is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of van Smit live; 95 percent live in Western Europe and 95 percent live in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 92 people, or 1 in 183,556. In The Netherlands it is mostly found in: South Holland, where 36 percent reside, North Holland, where 24 percent reside and Utrecht, where 10 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and New Zealand, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| van Smith | 94 | 31 | / |
| van Smid | 88 | 1 | / |
| van Schmitt | 84 | 1 | / |
| van Schmidt | 84 | 1 | / |
| von Smith | 82 | 8 | / |
| Van-Smith | 82 | 5 | / |
| van Smeets | 78 | 3 | / |
| von Shmidt | 78 | 1 | / |
| von Schmidt | 74 | 146 | / |
| von Schmid | 67 | 36 | / |
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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
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Smit
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