Smit is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Smit
No. of characters: 4
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Smit

How popular is Smit?

Smit is common in South Africa.

Smit is ranked 1912 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Smit bearers increased by 3.466318 per cent in 2010 US census to 3164 since 2000, the surname slipped by 432 spots and ranked at 10186. The last name was found in around 11 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 90.11 90.52
Hispanic or Latino 3.13 1.96
Black 2.78 4.51
Others 2.69 1.5
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.04 1.11
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.25 0.39
Smit is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in South Africa which signifies that it is originated from South Africa. Around 285487 people have been found who wears Smit as their family name. Smit is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
7,070 Guyana8
183 Anguilla7
537 Myanmar6
1,346 Bermuda6
1,730 Democratic Republic of The Congo5
2,028 Vietnam5
16,861 Iran4
2,537 Afghanistan4
12,103 Trinidad and Tobago4
11,802 Egypt4
27,602 Nigeria4
1,272 Cuba3
1,418 Madagascar3
225 Greenland3
4,096 Dominican Republic3
8,993 Tunisia3
4,529 Mauritius3
2,935 Angola3
10,762 Hungary3
10,329 Pakistan3
3,841 Bosnia3
4,554 Guatemala3
1,389 Barbados2
5,936 Bahrain2
14,408 Uruguay2
787 Andorra2
21,929 Algeria2
1,313 United States Virgin Islands2
2,617 Cambodia2
8,995 Uganda2
4,781 Malawi2
1,118 Isle of Man2
6,353 Panama2
9,272 Ecuador2
1,777 Jersey2
2,401 Honduras2
900 Laos2
2,152 Niger2
3,940 Ethiopia2
1,136 Mali2
3,275 Nepal1
2,211 Brunei1
12,270 Lebanon1
2,333 Montenegro1
717 Bhutan1
7,847 Albania1
6,967 Macedonia1
1,179 Swaziland1
4,942 Libya1
10,958 Bangladesh1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
746 Dominica1
1,005 The Gambia1
3,993 El Salvador1
10,683 Cyprus1
8,371 Syria1
3,952 Yemen1
353 Cook Islands1
444 Faroe Islands1
2,505 Congo1
3,350 Fiji1
2,578 Guam1
15,705 Cameroon1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
5,467 Haiti1
1,970 Grenada1
6,033 Benin1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
29,803 Czech Republic48
6,185 Azerbaijan41
3,229 Armenia37
17,793 Kyrgyzstan35
383 Antigua and Barbuda33
10,921 Georgia32
1,555 Iceland25
2,974 Japan24
416 Guernsey24
1,056 The Bahamas21
214 British Virgin Islands20
3,494 Costa Rica18
2,705 China16
12,285 Burkina Faso15
652 South Korea13
137 Monaco13
646 Cayman Islands11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,134 Portugal92
4,262 Kuwait87
40,500 Tanzania85
2,536 Northern Ireland83
631 Luxembourg79
12,007 Chile72
16,172 Peru71
3,722 Qatar68
3,881 Hong Kong59
Countries with hundreds of Smit:
7,078 Poland859
18,908 Brazil684
1,168 Turkmenistan622
1,172 New Zealand620
692 Taiwan579
5,019 Ghana559
9,056 Kenya549
1,323 Croatia544
3,748 Colombia542
201 Estonia521
25,252 Philippines516
1,672 Serbia494
20,679 Italy493
2,422 Israel471
2,205 Austria471
556 Latvia438
12,577 Argentina433
863 Botswana407
2,178 Tajikistan406
11,880 Mexico366
2,876 United Arab Emirates359
9,426 Saudi Arabia346
171 Suriname346
3,720 Switzerland315
2,440 Scotland282
83,984 India282
35,702 Indonesia281
20,451 Turkey279
12,724 Spain275
17,962 Morocco268
7,646 Greece246
1,267 Jamaica232
2,413 Lithuania225
3,171 Norway223
4,564 Sweden210
522 Thailand204
2,141 Slovenia203
10,349 Zimbabwe183
4,897 Finland157
3,815 Denmark157
4,001 Moldova142
4,112 Bulgaria140
2,864 Wales135
15,064 Romania125
10,984 Venezuela125
3,641 Oman124
2,817 Singapore124
3,314 Ireland120
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Smit:
1,250 Germany6,052
6,614 United States5,839
20 Namibia5,168
1,111 Ukraine4,399
2,003 England3,969
1,613 Iraq2,659
1,362 Mozambique2,407
1,786 Uzbekistan2,269
1,870 Australia1,692
3,002 Canada1,590
837 Belarus1,418
1,154 Belgium1,232
1,979 Kazakhstan1,139
7,739 France1,139
1,733 Zambia1,054
Countries with ten thousands of Smit:
10 Netherlands46,379
923 Russia19,124
Countries with hundred thousands of Smit:
14 South Africa159,900
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Immigrants to US

From Italy

Laborer Teresa Smit from New York, Italy aboard the Italia from Naples. She is registered to be 22 years old when she arrived in New York on May 6, 1897.

Smit Namesakes

  • Steve Smith, Cricketer
  • Clive Stafford Smith, Attorney
  • Aareon Smith-Allen, Football running back
  • Aaron Smith, Rugby union player
  • Aaryn Smith, Actress
  • Abbey Smith, Alex Smith's sister
  • Abbey Smith, Caleb Smith's sister
  • Abby Smith, Author
  • Abdullahi Smith, Author
  • Margot Smith, Musical Artist
  • In 2013, Shane Smit portrayed the role of Izzy in drama film Apartment 13.

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