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variant of Smit, which derives from the Dutch word for metal worker

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.

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Frequency of occurrence in general populations

Information for surname frequency in the Netherlands is limited by the end of comprehensive census taking in 1971. 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, while the general census provides a figure of 9,519,000 as the 1947 population. 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, which is ½ the frequency of the surname Smit, of which Smits is a variant.

Notable people sharing the Smits surname

  • Alexander Smits (born 1948), Australian-American engineer
  • Anita Smits (born 1967), Dutch archer
  • Bart Smits (born 1972), Dutch heavy metal singer
  • Hans Smits (born 1956), Dutch water polo player
  • John Smits (born 1958), Norwegian meteorologist and television weather presenter
  • Jan M. Smits (born 1967), Dutch law professor
  • Jeroen Smits (born 1972), Dutch cricketer
  • Jimmy Smits (born 1955), American actor
  • Manja Smits (harpist) (b. 19?), Dutch harpist
  • Manja Smits (politician) (born 1985), Dutch politician
  • Rik Smits (born 1966), Dutch basketball player
  • Sonja Smits (born 1955), Canadian actress
  • Tim Smits (born 1986), Australian footballer
  • William Smits (1704–1770), Dutch Franciscan orientalist and exegete
  • Yanis Smits (born before 1956), Latvian theologian
  • References

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