The Schmitz surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 22,984 people carried this name — #1,423 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,700 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 2,873 people named Schmitz 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 974 people named Schmitz.
192 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 65 départements, most often Moselle.
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
758 people named Schmitz live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 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 Poland’s population register
96 people named Schmitz have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 223 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lower Silesian.
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 Schmitz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leonhard Schmitz 1807–1890 · teacher -
Emilie Schmitz 1807–1891 -
Ernst Schmitz 1845–1922 · naturalist -
Bruno Schmitz 1858–1916 · architect -
Italo Svevo 1861–1928 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 193 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schmitz.
- Schmied 531 · U.S. census
- Schmieder 1,062 · U.S. census
- Schmit 5,053 · U.S. census
- Schmith 332 · U.S. census
- Schmitt 35,326 · U.S. census
- Schmitter 536 · 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
- Schnebelen 148 · U.S. census
- Schnee 916 · U.S. census
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