Smit Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 5
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 5

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Smit Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Smit family

Profession Census Frequency
Artist National History 2
General Servant Domestic 1
Charwoman 1
Errand Boy Grocer's Shop 1
Seaman Seas 1
Congregational Minister 1
General Labourer 1
Scholar 1
Sick Nurse 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Smit

Name Census Frequency
William Smit 6
Daniel Smit 4
Ellen Smit 4
John Smit 4
Mary Smit 4
Eliza Smit 3
George Smit 3
Peter Smit 3
Sarah Smit 3
Thomas Smit 3
Albert Smit 2
Anna Smit 2
Clarence Smit 2
Clasina Smit 2
Cornelius Smit 2
Edith Smit 2
Eleanor Smit 2
Frank Smit 2
Harriet Smit 2
Henry Smit 2
Jan Smit 2
Jane Smit 2
Joseph Smit 2
Martin Smit 2
Richard Smit 2

Smit Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Smout 60% 2,969
2 Smitt 80% 446
3 Smiht 80% 150
4 Smit 100% 124

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The surname Smit is the 4th most popular variant of Smout.

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