Šmit Surname
Approximately 1,277 people bear this surname
Šmit Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 446 | 1:5,578 | 1,143 |
| Serbia | 441 | 1:16,202 | 1,899 |
| Croatia | 347 | 1:12,186 | 2,305 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22 | 1:160,746 | 10,291 |
| Czechia | 16 | 1:664,592 | 62,292 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Smit (157,459), Šmít (14), Şmit (3) & Śmit (1) are calculated separately.
Šmit Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šmit Come From? nationality or country of origin
Šmit is held by more people in Slovenia than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Smit, Šmít, Şmit or Śmit. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Šmit? popularity and diffusion
The last name Šmit is the 298,199th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 5,706,770 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Šmit live; 99 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent live in South Slavic Europe.
Šmit is most frequently held in Slovenia, where it is carried by 446 people, or 1 in 5,578. In Slovenia Šmit is primarily concentrated in: Savinja, where 30 percent live, Upper Carniola, where 25 percent live and Central Slovenia, where 13 percent live. Aside from Slovenia Šmit exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Serbia, where 35 percent live and Croatia, where 27 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smit | 92 | 157,459 | / |
| Šmít | 92 | 14 | / |
| Şmit | 92 | 3 | / |
| Śmit | 92 | 1 | / |
| Šmidt | 89 | 280 | / |
| Šmite | 89 | 28 | / |
| Šmith | 89 | 6 | / |
| Šmid | 75 | 2,676 | / |
| Zmit | 75 | 1,084 | / |
| Cmit | 75 | 30 | / |
| Šmyt | 75 | 4 | / |
| Šmýt | 75 | 2 | / |
| Xmit | 75 | 1 | / |
| Šmih | 75 | 1 | / |
| Šmitová | 73 | 18 | / |
| Šchmidt | 73 | 2 | / |
| Šmitova | 73 | 1 | / |
| Smith | 67 | 4,458,855 | / |
| Smidt | 67 | 10,246 | / |
| Szmit | 67 | 4,100 | / |
| Smite | 67 | 3,544 | / |
| Smitt | 67 | 2,020 | / |
| Shmit | 67 | 1,237 | / |
| Smiet | 67 | 239 | / |
| Chmit | 67 | 176 | / |
| Smiht | 67 | 157 | / |
| Smist | 67 | 136 | / |
| Smitd | 67 | 23 | / |
| Zmith | 67 | 22 | / |
| Šmídt | 67 | 21 | / |
| Šmied | 67 | 15 | / |
| Šmich | 67 | 9 | / |
| Scmit | 67 | 7 | / |
| Xmith | 67 | 6 | / |
| Smeit | 67 | 4 | / |
| Smait | 67 | 3 | / |
| Smhit | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jmith | 67 | 2 | / |
| Smgit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Smiot | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ssmit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Smmit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zmmit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jsmit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sxmit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Šmidtova | 67 | 1 | / |
| Šėmis | 67 | 1 | / |
| Śmidt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hsmit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dsmit | 67 | 0 | / |
| Cmitt | 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
- 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 Šmit
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