The Smit surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,164 people carried this name — #10,186 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 93,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,058 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Smit surname
Borrowed from Dutch Smid, from smid (“smith”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Smit» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 625 people named Smit 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 225 people named Smit 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 mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
194 people named Smit live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 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/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 85 people named Smit.
Most of them — 44 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
61 people named Smit have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 116 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lublin.
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.
In the Nordic population registers
105 people named Smit are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Smit in American newspapers,
1825–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 85,480 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Smit,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nicolaus de Smit 1541–1623 · Zeugmacher -
Aernout Smit 1641–1710 · painter -
Fop Smit 1777–1866 · ship-owner -
Erasmus Smit 1778–1863 · missionary -
Hendrik Jan Smit 1814–1892 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 230 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Smit.
- Smaniotto 129 · U.S. census
- Smeets 151 · U.S. census
- Smet 680 · U.S. census
- Smets 168 · U.S. census
- Smigielski 536 · U.S. census
- Smirnoff 188 · U.S. census
- Smith 2,442,977 · U.S. census
- Smits 2,409 · U.S. census
- Smolarek 277 · U.S. census
- Smolen 1,655 · U.S. census
- Smolinski 2,125 · U.S. census
- So 7,456 · U.S. census
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