Smits

Smits
Family name
Meaning variant of Smit, which derives from the Dutch word for metal worker
Region of origin Netherlands
Language(s) of origin Dutch
Related names Smit (by origin)
Smith (by meaning)
Smeets

Smits is a Dutch surname that is considered a variant of the more common Smit surname.[1]

Frequency of occurrence in general populations

Information for surname frequency in the Netherlands is limited by the end of comprehensive census taking in 1971.[2] The most recent readily available information is based on the 1947 census, for which both raw census data and surname frequency data have been made available to the general public. In 1947 there were 15,151 recorded people with the surname Smits,[3] while the general census provides a figure of 9,519,000 as the 1947 population.[4] Working with this data the frequency of the Smits surname in the Netherlands in 1947 can be calculated to be ~0.159% or ~1,590 of every 1,000,000 people,[5] which is ½ the frequency of the surname Smit, of which Smits is a variant.[1][6]

Notable people sharing the Smits surname

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Citation: Meertens Institute: Smit.
  2. Citation: Life Courses in Context. Project Plan.
  3. Citation: Meertens Institute: Smits.
  4. Citation: Dutch Census Digitization 1795-1971 Project.
  5. (15,151/9,519,000)*100%; 1% = 1,000 occurrence per 1,000,000 people.
  6. Smit frequency was 0.313% in 1947; see Smit for calculation.

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