smits

{{For|Latvian surname|Šmits}}

{{Infobox surname

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

|region=Netherlands

|language=Dutch

|variant=Smit (by origin)
Smith (by meaning)
Smeets

}}

Smits is a Dutch surname that is considered a variant of the more common Smit surname.Citation: Meertens Institute: Smit. The name is an old plural of Smid (blacksmith), though the plural in modern Dutch would be Smeden.

Frequency of occurrence in general populations

Information for surname frequency in the Netherlands is limited by the end of comprehensive census taking in 1971.Citation: Life Courses in Context. Project Plan. 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,Citation: Meertens Institute: Smits. while the general census provides a figure of 9,519,000 as the 1947 population.Citation: Dutch Census Digitization 1795-1971 Project. 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,(15,151/9,519,000)*100%; 1% = 1,000 occurrence per 1,000,000 people. which is ½ the frequency of the surname Smit, of which Smits is a variant.Smit frequency was 0.313% in 1947; see Smit for calculation. In 2007 there were 23,205 carriers of this surname in The Netherlands and 3,888 in Belgium.Citation: Nederlandse familienamenbank

Notable people sharing the Smits surname

See also

Notes

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References

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  • {{cite web |url= http://www.volkstellingen.nl/nl/volkstelling/imageview/VT1947A1H2/

|title= Hoofdstuk II. het totale bevolkingscijfer |pages= 13 |accessdate=2008-03-15

|format= Scanned page image |work= Dutch Censuses 1795-1971 |language= Dutch

|author= Dutch Census Digitization 1795-1971 Project

|publisher= Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (through DANS Institute and in collaboration with NWO)

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  • {{cite web |url= http://www.lifecoursesincontext.nl/plan_long.html#census

|title= Life Courses in Context. Project Plan. Section B: Census data |accessdate=2008-03-15

|date= 2007-06-28 |publisher= International Institute of Social History

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  • {{cite web |url= http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfd/detail_naam.php?naam=Smit

|title= Smit |accessdate=2008-03-15 |work= Nederlandse Familienamen Databank

|language= Dutch |publisher= Meertens Institute |author= Meertens Institute

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  • {{cite web |url= http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfd/detail_naam.php?naam=Smits

|title= Smits |accessdate=2008-03-15 |work= Nederlandse Familienamen Databank

|language= Dutch |publisher= Meertens Institute |author= Meertens Institute

}}

  • {{cite web |url= https://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=smits&gba_naam=Smits&nfd_naam=Smits&operator=eq&taal=

|title= Smits |accessdate=2019-11-05 |work= Nederlandse Familienamen Databank

|language= Dutch |publisher= Meertens Institute |author= Meertens Institute

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Category:Dutch-language surnames

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