Where Does The Last Name Šmit Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Šmit is carried by more people in Slovenia than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant: Smit, Šmít, Şmit or Śmit. For other possible spellings of Šmit click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Šmit? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 298,199^th most frequent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 5,706,770 people. The surname Šmit occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šmit are found; 99 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 99 percent are found in South Slavic Europe.

The last name is most frequent in Slovenia, where it is carried by 446 people, or 1 in 5,578. In Slovenia it is mostly found in: Savinja, where 30 percent reside, Upper Carniola, where 25 percent reside and Central Slovenia, where 13 percent reside. Other than Slovenia Šmit is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Serbia, where 35 percent reside and Croatia, where 27 percent reside.