# Smit (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/smit/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Dutch.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,164 |
| US rank (2010) | 10,186 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 97,581 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.5% (3,058 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Smid, from smid (“smith”). Doublet of Smith and Schmidt.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Smit in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Smit in Australia and the United States.

## People named Smit

- Kodi Smit-McPhee, Australian actor
- Julia Smit, American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world record-holder

## Similar surnames

Smoot, Summitt, Smiddy, Summit, Smith, Schmitt, Smyth, Schmit, Smithey, Smidt, Schmidt, Sneed.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.