The Schmitt surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 35,326 people carried this name — #898 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 7,630 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 17,847 people named Schmitt.
567 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 99 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
1,230 people named Schmitt live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 245 people named Schmitt live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
91 people named Schmitt have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 232 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
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.
Who carried it
People named Schmitt,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Heinrich von Schmitt 1744–1805 · military personnel -
Aloys Schmitt 1788–1866 · composer -
Philipp Schmitt 1805–1856 · historian -
Georg Philipp Schmitt 1808–1873 · painter -
Johann Schmitt 1825–1898 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 178 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schmitt.
- Schmidlin 655 · U.S. census
- Schmidt 145,565 · U.S. census
- Schmied 531 · U.S. census
- Schmieder 1,062 · U.S. census
- Schmit 5,053 · U.S. census
- Schmith 332 · U.S. census
- Schmitter 536 · U.S. census
- Schmitz 22,984 · U.S. census
- Schmoll 1,176 · U.S. census
- Schmuck 1,540 · U.S. census
- Schmutz 882 · U.S. census
- Schnabel 3,050 · U.S. census
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