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    The surname Smit

    A Dutch occupational surname, carried by 3,164 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S530

    Smit: #10,186 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Smit #10,186, 3,164 people Smit: #10,186 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Smit #10,186, 3,164 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Smit is more common than 93.7% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

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

    Smit is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,164 people named Smit in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 97,581 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,058.

    #10,186
    rank among US surnames
    3,164
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.5%
    change since 2000 (was #9,754)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,180Cryer3,16897,458
    #10,184Crumpler3,16697,519
    #10,185Hakim3,16597,550
    #10,186Smit3,16497,581
    #10,189Thome3,16397,612
    #10,191O'Loughlin3,16297,642

    Who is named Smit

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    90% of people named Smit identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Smits

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kodi Smit-McPhee
      Australian actor, born 1996
    • Julia Smit
      American swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world record-holder, born 1987

    Notable Smits come mostly from Australia (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Smit

    Smit has the Soundex code S530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S530.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Smit come from?
    Borrowed from Dutch Smid, from smid (“smith”). Doublet of Smith and Schmidt.
    How common is the surname Smit?
    3,164 people in the United States had the surname Smit in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 97,581 Americans. It ranked 10,186th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Smit?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Smit identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Smit?
    Kodi Smit-McPhee, Australian actor, followed by Julia Smit.
    Where is the surname Smit most common?
    Wikidata records people named Smit in Australia and the United States.
    What type of surname is Smit?
    Smit is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Smit getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,164 in 2010, up 3.5%.