Smet surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Smet surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 638 people carried this name — #33,690 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 5,949 people named Smet 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 East Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

East Flanders 3,743
Antwerp 1,506
Flemish Brabant 250
West Flanders 134
Hainaut 104
Brussels-Capital 75
Limburg 56
Namur 32

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Poland’s population register

187 people named Smet have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 208 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lublin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lublin 81
Lower Silesian 48
Subcarpathian 14
Lesser Poland 12
Masovian 12
Silesian 9
Łódź 6
West Pomeranian 3

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 163 people named Smet.

18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Nord.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 18
Nord 75
Paris 13
Oise 11
Pas-de-Calais 9
Orne 7
Haute-Marne 7
Côte-d’Or 7
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

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