Smidt

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Berufsname zu ‚Schmied‘; Dentalvariation d/dt/t

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˈsmɪdt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Smidt is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NLNetherlands1 in 13K(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 60K
  • USUnited States1 in 178K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Africa (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,100 people, est.

Sources
258 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 4.7K (inferred from the name graph)

Denmark

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

Berufsname zu ‚Schmied‘; Dentalvariation d/dt/t. 452 Belege.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

Where in the world(measured from records)

Smidt counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Smidt is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZA South Africa≈2,100 est.≈1 in 27K—Smidt38
US United States1,8651 in 178K2.4KSmidt258
DE Germany≈1,300 est.≈1 in 60KlistedSmidt74
NL Netherlands1,3001 in 13K1.3KSmidt52
DK Denmark1,2581 in 4.7K1.3K—2
NO Norway1681 in 33K168Smidt14
EE Estonia≈32 est.≈1 in 39K12—5

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; the dfa-band-2 register; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Smidt is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Brazil, United States, Colombia

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Šmidt

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Šmidt

  • Czech surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, Netherlands, United Kingdom

    Languages: Czech, Slovak

    Also written Šmidt, Šmídt, Smídt

  • Croatian surname18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Bulgaria

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

    Also written Šmidt, Шмидт, Shmidt, Schmidt

  • Estonian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia, Netherlands, United States

    Languages: Estonian, Finnish

    Also written Šmidt

  • Polish surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland, United States, Netherlands

    Also written Smìdt

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

17001800190020002100Johann Smidt, b. 1773Heinrich Smidt, b. 1798Johannes Smidt, b. 1887Karl Smidt, b. 1903Kristian Smidt, b. 1916Poul Smidt, b. 1944Eric Smidt, b. 1960Michael Smidt, b. 1979Nick Smidt, b. 1997Mathilda Smidt, b. 2005

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Smidt,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 28 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Smidt
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020002.4K#11,851
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020101.9K#15,658
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020201.7K#16,766
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)20071.3K#1,220
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—1.3K#312
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—168#9,396
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—12#9,351
EE EstoniaStatistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed)—7#13,677
DE GermanyDeutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 2———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Smidt?
A machine transcription gives /ˈsmɪdt/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Smidt mean?
Recorded meaning: Berufsname zu ‚Schmied‘; Dentalvariation d/dt/t.
In which country does Smidt have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.1 thousand people named Smidt in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled smidt.
Where is Smidt most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Smidt is densest in Denmark — about 1 in 4.7 thousand people — even though South Africa holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Smidt?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,865 people named Smidt in 2010, about 1 in 178 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Smidt”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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