Smit
| Smit | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
| Meaning | smith |
| Region of origin | the Netherlands |
| Language(s) of origin | Dutch |
| Related names | Smith Smits |
Smit is a Dutch surname deriving from the Dutch word for "smith" (metal worker), Smit. Therefore, it is the direct Dutch equivalent of the English surname Smith.[1]
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[edit] Frequency of occurrence in general populations
Information for surname frequency in the Netherlands is limited by the end of comprehensive census taking in the year 1971.[2] The most recent readily available information is based on the 1947 census, for which both raw census data and surname frequency data have been made available to the general public. In 1947 there were 29,783 recorded people with the surname Smit,[3] while the general census provides a figure of 9,519,000 as the 1947 population.[4] Working with this data the frequency of the Smit surname in the Netherlands in 1947 can be calculated to be ~0.313% or ~3,130 of every 1,000,000 people.[5] By comparison, the most common Dutch surname in the 1947 data was de Jong, which had a frequency of ~0.580%.[6][7]
An imperfect comparison can be made to primary English-speaking countries as of 1998 based on research by The National Trust. In 1998, the highest frequency was observed in New Zealand as 97.18 occurrences per million people, or ~1/30th the rate found in the Netherlands of 50 years before.[8] Among the nations examined in the National Trust study, relative frequencies for 1991 were: New Zealand > Australia ≅ Canada ≫ United States > Northern Ireland > Great Britain > Republic of Ireland.[8] The substantial difference between Canada and the United States indicated in this series is approximately 3.5 fold.[8]
[edit] Notable people sharing the Smit surname
Listed here are people who share the 'Smit' surname, organized by birth year, to assist in assembling a view of the geographic distribution of this surname over time. Modern country names are used below rather than historical names. First letter country abbreviations are used when runs of a particular country's nationals appear.
- Born before 1900
- Netherlands (1777–1866) Fop Smit
- N (1836–1929) Joseph Smit
- South Africa (1837–1896) Nicolaas Jacobus Smit
- Born after 1900
- Netherlands (1900–1943) Leo Smit
- N. (1903–1986) Wisse Alfred Pierre Smit
- N. (1907–1970) Arij Smit
- N. (1911–1974) Kick Smit
- N. (born 1916) Arie Smit, now a citizen of Indonesia
- Norway (1916–1991) Jörgen Smit, anthroposophist
- United States (1921–1995) Leo Smit
- N. (1930–2008) Klaas Smit
- N. (1933–1981) Joke Smit
- South Africa (or Namibia) (born 1935) Willem Smit
- S. (born 1938) Louise Smit
- S. (died 1977) Robert
- S. (born 1944) Gert Smit
- N. (living) Jan Smit (physicist)
- Born after 1950
- Netherlands (born 1951) Theo Smit
- N. (born 1952) Peter Smit
- N. (born 1954) Tim Smit, emigrated to England
- N. (1961–2005) Peter Smit
- N. (born 1963) Carola Smit
- N. (born 1968) Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau, whose adopted name was Mabel Martine Wisse Smit
- England (born 1972) Jane Smit
- Namibia (born 1973) Paul Smit
- South Africa (born 1974) Etienne Smit
- Netherlands (born 1975)3Marnix Smit, Minouche Smit, Theo M. Smit
- England (born 1976) David Smit
- N. (born 1976)2 Gretha Smit, Michiel Smit
- S. (born 1978) John Smit
- N. (born 1980) Arvid Smit
- N. (born 1984)2 Marianne Smit, Yasemin Smit
- N. (born 1985)2 Alexander Smit, Jan Smit
- N. (born 1986) Sylvia Smit
- United States (born 1987) Julia Smit
- N. (born 1992) Nimue Smit
- N Smit (1987) South Africa
[edit] Compound surnames
- Haagen-Smit: Netherlands (1900–1977) Arie Jan Haagen-Smit, emigrated to the United States
- Cornelius Hendric Smit: Netherlands (born 1960)
- Reus-Smit: Australia (born 1961) Christian Reus-Smit
- Smit-McPhee: Australia (born 1992) Sianoa Smit-McPhee and (born 1996) Kodi Smit-McPhee, who are siblings
- Jana Smit: South Africa (born 1986)
- Nicolette Smit: South Africa (born 1987)
[edit] See also
[edit] Disambiguation pages
[edit] Notes
- ^ Citation: Schulze, 2008
- ^ Citation: Life Courses in Context. Project Plan.
- ^ Citation: Meertens Institute: Smit.
- ^ Citation: Dutch Census Digitization 1795-1971 Project.
- ^ (29,783/9,519,000)*100%; 1% = 1,000 occurrence per 1,000,000 people.
- ^ Citation: Meertens Institute: Jong, de.
- ^ (55,256/9,519,000)*100%
- ^ a b c Citation: Longley, et al., 2008.
[edit] References
- Dutch Census Digitization 1795-1971 Project. "Hoofdstuk II. het totale bevolkingscijfer" (in Dutch) (Scanned page image). Dutch Censuses 1795-1971. Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (through DANS Institute and in collaboration with NWO). pp. page 13. http://www.volkstellingen.nl/nl/volkstelling/imageview/VT1947A1H2/. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- "Life Courses in Context. Project Plan. Section B: Census data". International Institute of Social History. 2007-06-28. http://www.lifecoursesincontext.nl/plan_long.html#census. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- Longley, Paul; Alex Singleton, Richard Webber and Daryl Lloyd. "Smit". SPLINT Project, University College London. The National Trust. http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk. Retrieved 2008-03-05. Note that the full URL is http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/Statistics.aspx?name=SMIT&year=1998&altyear=1881&country=GB&type=name , but use of any url except the base included here seldom properly resolves.
- Meertens Institute. "Jong, de" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Familienamen Databank. Meertens Institute. http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfd/detail_naam.php?naam=Jong,%20de. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- Meertens Institute. "Smit" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Familienamen Databank. Meertens Institute. http://www.meertens.knaw.nl/nfd/detail_naam.php?naam=Smit. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- Schulze, Lorine McGinnis (2008-03-04). "Dutch Patronymics of the 1600s". New Netherland, New York Genealogy. Olive Tree Genealogy. http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/pat.shtml. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
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