The Schmutz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 764 people carried this name — #30,538 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted. That is down 13% from 882 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
3,387 people named Schmutz live in Switzerland.
They live in 24 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
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 355 people named Schmutz.
39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 48 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 184 people named Schmutz 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.
Who carried it
People named Schmutz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Kaspar Schmutz 1624–1686 · parson
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Johannes Schmutz 1700–1778 · pastor
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Johann Gottfried Schmutz 1715–1798 · pastor
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Christian Schmutz 1717–1732 · preacher
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Louis Schmutz 1761–1826 · composer
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Karl Schmutz 1787–1873 · farmer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schmutz.
- Schmith 303 · U.S. census
- Schmitt 36,043 · U.S. census
- Schmitter 551 · U.S. census
- Schmitz 23,931 · U.S. census
- Schmoll 1,240 · U.S. census
- Schmuck 1,646 · U.S. census
- Schnabel 3,110 · U.S. census
- Schnebelen 145 · U.S. census
- Schnee 946 · U.S. census
- Schneeberger 910 · U.S. census
- Schneider 101,290 · U.S. census
- Schneiter 573 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Schmutz is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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