Schmetz
surname · Latin script
Meaning: 1) see Schmied. 2) from 'gossip'; Schmelzer from 'wren or stonechat'
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ʃmɛt͡s/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Schmetz is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Germany.
- BEBelgium
- NLNetherlands
- DEGermany
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
1) see Schmied. 2) from 'gossip'; Schmelzer from 'wren or stonechat'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Johann Paul Schmetzb. 1845DEGerman music teacher and music writer (choral studies) (1845-1897)
- Wilhelm Schmetzb. 1887DEGerman Catholic church historian
- Wilhelm Schmetzb. 1890DEGerman painter (1890-1938)
- Bernard Schmetzb. 1904FRFrench fencer (1904–1966)
- Heinrich Schmetzb. 1914DEGerman bomber pilot and Knight's Cross recipient
- Martha Schmetzb. 1919DEGerman journalist (1919-2009)
- Klaus Schmetzb. 1941DEGerman sculptor
- Mark Schmetzb. 1977NLDutch handball player and coach
- Ulrike Schmetzb. 1979DEassociation football player
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)
Attested in 8 sources across 5 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 540 | #2,769 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Noms de famille (family names) | — | 460 | #3,385 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 253 | #8,210 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 18 | — |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Schmetz mean, and where does it come from?
- 1) see Schmied. 2) from 'gossip'; Schmelzer from 'wren or stonechat' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Schmetz?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃmɛt͡s/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Schmetz have the most bearers?
- Schmetz is most frequently recorded in Germany.
What do you want to know about Schmetz?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/schmetzThe 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, “Schmetz”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.