Šmits Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Šmits Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
The alternate forms: Smits (39,842) are calculated separately.
Šmits Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šmits Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Šmits is held by more people in Estonia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Smits. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Šmits? popularity and diffusion
The surname Šmits is the 4,307,654th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. The last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šmits live; 100 percent live in Northern Europe and 95 percent live in Baltic Europe.
This last name is most commonly used in Estonia, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 69,569. Excluding Estonia Šmits occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 5 percent reside and Latvia, where 5 percent reside.
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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 Šmits
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