The Schmid surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,400 people carried this name — #3,165 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 11,160 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Schmid surname
South German surname, variant of Schmidt.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Schmid» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
30,134 people named Schmid live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 759 people named Schmid.
174 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 62 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 755 people named Schmid live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
86 people named Schmid have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 210 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 13 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Kuyavian-Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
236 people named Schmid are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Schmid in American newspapers,
1845–1907.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 45,872 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Schmid,
with a public archive behind them.
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Konrad Schmid 1476–1531 · theologian -
Heinrich Schmid 1611–1653 · theologian -
Eugen Schmid 1688–1744 -
Christian Heinrich Schmid 1746–1800 · writer -
Christoph von Schmid 1768–1854 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 156 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schmid.
- Schlupp 214 · U.S. census
- Schmaltz 2,461 · U.S. census
- Schmauch 250 · U.S. census
- Schmeltz 507 · U.S. census
- Schmelzer 2,050 · U.S. census
- Schmerber 241 · U.S. census
- Schmidlin 659 · U.S. census
- Schmidt 147,034 · U.S. census
- Schmied 502 · U.S. census
- Schmieder 1,104 · U.S. census
- Schmit 5,274 · U.S. census
- Schmith 303 · U.S. census
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