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    The surname Smits

    A surname, carried by 2,409 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S532

    Smits: #12,802 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Smits #12,802, 2,409 people Smits: #12,802 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Smits #12,802, 2,409 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Smits is more common than 92.1% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,409 people named Smits in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 128,163 Americans. That is up 5.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,284.

    #12,802
    rank among US surnames
    2,409
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.5%
    change since 2000 (was #12,466)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #12,794Scalzo2,411128,057
    #12,795Schueller2,410128,110
    #12,802Tanguay2,409128,163
    #12,807Loose2,408128,217

    Who is named Smits

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

    95% of people named Smits identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Smitss

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jimmy Smits
      American actor (born 1955)
    • Seppe Smits
      Belgian professional snowboarder, born 1991

    Notable Smitss come mostly from the United States (1) and Belgium (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Smits

    Smits has the Soundex code S532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S532.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Smits?
    2,409 people in the United States had the surname Smits in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 128,163 Americans. It ranked 12,802nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Smits?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Smits identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Smits?
    Jimmy Smits, American actor (born 1955), followed by Seppe Smits.
    Where is the surname Smits most common?
    Wikidata records people named Smits in the United States and Belgium.
    Is the surname Smits getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,284 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,409 in 2010, up 5.5%.