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

The Smets surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 168 people carried this name — #106,096 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,666,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 166 in 2000.

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In Belgium’s population register

At least 9,412 people named Smets 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 Antwerp.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Antwerp 3,690
Flemish Brabant 2,221
Limburg 1,728
Liège 470
East Flanders 324
Brussels-Capital 257
Hainaut 233
Walloon Brabant 205

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 191 people named Smets.

35 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 23 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 35
Nord 60
Paris 36
Yvelines 11
Aisne 11
Oise 8
Seine-et-Marne 5
Seine-Saint-Denis 3
Moselle 3

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

21 people named Smets live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.

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

Where they live today

Fribourg 9
Vaud 8
Geneva 4

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.

Who carried it

People named Smets,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wilhelm Smets
    Wilhelm Smets 1796–1848 · writer
  • Adriaan Smets
    Adriaan Smets 1867–1947 · diplomat
  • Joannes-Baptista Smets 1799–1886 · coadjutor
  • Joseph Smets 1866–1949 · physician
  • Georges Smets 1881–1961 · jurist
  • Karl Smets 1883–1918

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Smets.

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