Smits
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| Meaning | variant of Smit, which derives from the Dutch word for metal worker |
| Region of origin | the Netherlands |
| Language of origin | Dutch |
| Related names | Smit (by origin) Smith (by meaning) |
| Popularity | Behind the Name |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Smits |
Smits is a Dutch surname that is considered a variant of the more common Smit surname.[1]
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[edit] Frequency of occurrence in general populations
Information for surname frequency in the Netherlands is limited by the end of comprehensive census taking in 1971.[2] 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,[3] while the general census provides a figure of 9,519,000 as the 1947 population.[4] 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,[5] which is ½ the frequency of the surname Smit, of which Smits is a variant.[1][6]
[edit] Notable people sharing the Smits surname
Listed here are people who share the 'Smits' surname, organized by birth year, to assist in assembling a view of the geographic distribution of this surname over time. Modern country names are used below rather than historical names. First letter country abbreviations are used when runs of a particular country's nationals appear.
- Born after 1700
- Duchy of Guelders (now a part of Germany bordering on the Netherlands) (1704–1770) William Smits
- Born after 1900
- Latvia (living) Yanis Smits
- Born after 1950
- United States (born 1955) Jimmy Smits[7]
- Netherlands (born 1956) Hans Smits
- Canada (born 1958) Sonja Smits
- Netherlands (born 1966) Rik Smits[8]
- N. (born 1967)2 Anita Smits, Jan M. Smits
- N. (born 1972)2 Bart Smits, Jeroen Smits
- Australia (born 1986) Tim Smits
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b Citation: Meertens Institute: Smit.
- ^ Citation: Life Courses in Context. Project Plan.
- ^ Citation: Meertens Institute: Smits.
- ^ Citation: Dutch Census Digitization 1795-1971 Project.
- ^ (15,151/9,519,000)*100%; 1% = 1,000 occurrence per 1,000,000 people.
- ^ Smit frequency was 0.313% in 1947; see Smit for calculation.
- ^ Jimmy 1955: father was Surinamese of Dutch descent, while mother was Puerto Rican
- ^ Rik 1966: emigrated to the United States
[edit] References
- Dutch Census Digitization 1795-1971 Project. Hoofdstuk II. het totale bevolkingscijfer (Scanned page image) (Dutch). Dutch Censuses 1795-1971 page 13. Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (through DANS Institute and in collaboration with NWO). Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- Life Courses in Context. Project Plan. Section B: Census data. International Institute of Social History (2007-06-28). Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- Meertens Institute. Smit (Dutch). Nederlandse Familienamen Databank. Meertens Institute. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
- Meertens Institute. Smits (Dutch). Nederlandse Familienamen Databank. Meertens Institute. Retrieved on 2008-03-15.
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