Schmitz
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from Schmied; also from Wendish smic 'midge'
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 22 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
/ʃmitʃ/(machine-generated) Portuguese · model-generated
Schmitz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country, where it is the 27th most common surname.
- DEGermany≈1 in 800(inferred from the name graph)
- AGAntigua & Barbuda≈1 in 3Kfew records
- BEBelgium1 in 3.4K
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.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 434 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 380 (inferred from the name graph)
≈100,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Luxembourg, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)from Schmied; also from Wendish smic 'midge'
Cited for this meaning 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Schmitz 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #27 | ≈100,000 est. | ≈1 in 798 | listed | Schmitz | 246 |
| US United States | — | 23,931 | 1 in 14K | 24K | Schmitz | 434 |
| BR Brazil | — | 13,061 | 1 in 16K | 13K | — | 5 |
| BE Belgium | #184 | 3,424 | 1 in 3.4K | 3.4K | Schmitz | 70 |
| NL Netherlands | #445 | 3,223 | 1 in 5.4K | 3.2K | Schmitz | 78 |
| LU Luxembourg | #244 | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 380 | 3.2K | Schmitz | 40 |
| AG Antigua & Barbuda | #52 | ≈31 est. | ≈1 in 3K | — | Schmitz | 1 |
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; the deutsche-namenkunde-gottschald-1982 register; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); Luxembourg top-100 surnames (surnam.es). 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 recorded senses
(measured from records)Schmitz is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, a surname originating as an occupation
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, Aus dem Genitiv von smit 'Schmied' entstanden; zeigt auslautende Dentalvarianz tz. 38.606 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, zu 'Schmied'; Platte zu Dentale: Plosive, mit -tz-Schreibung und seltener Komposition.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Berufsname zu Schmied; belegt die Konsonantenvarianz d/dt/t/tt/tz im Namenstyp. 38.606 Beleger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Aus „Schmied“; die Platte zeigt dentale Plosivvariation in der Schreibung, mit 38606 Belegen.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Bruno Schmitzb. 1858DEGerman architect (1858-1916)
- Italo Svevob. 1861ITnot in their usual nameItalian writer (1861-1928)
- Richard Schmitzb. 1885ATAustrian politician (1885-1954)
- John G. Schmitzb. 1930USAmerican politician (1930-2001)
- Oliver Schmitzb. 1960ZASouth African film director, film editor and screenwriter
- Sabine Schmitzb. 1969DEGerman racing driver (1969-2021)
- Kim Dotcomb. 1974DEnot in their usual nameGerman-Finnish Internet entrepreneur
- Toby Schmitzb. 1977AUAustralian actor and playwright
- Lukas Schmitzb. 1988DEGerman footballer
- Benno Schmitzb. 1994DEGerman footballer
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)Evidence
(measured from records)38 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 22 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 24K | #1,496 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 24K | #1,478 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 23K | #1,423 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 13K | #1,093 |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 3.4K | #230 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 3.3K | #234 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 3.2K | #325 |
| LU Luxembourg | Luxembourg top-100 surnames (surnam.es) | — | 3.2K | #7 |
| DE Germany | Deutsche Namenkunde (Gottschald, 1982) | — | — | — |
| DE Germany | Deutscher Familiennamenatlas Band 2 | — | — | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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
- What does the name Schmitz mean, and where does it come from?
- from Schmied; also from Wendish smic 'midge' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- What are other forms of the name Schmitz?
- In the etymology graph, Hintschich is a form of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Schmitz?
- In Portuguese /ʃmitʃ/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- In which country does Schmitz have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 105 thousand people named Schmitz in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled schmitz.
- How common is the name Schmitz?
- In the United States, the national register counted 23,931 people named Schmitz in 2010, about 1 in 14 thousand residents.
- How common is Schmitz compared with other names?
- In Germany, Schmitz is the 27th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Schmitz?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/schmitzThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Schmitz” — the 27th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.