Surname Smetana

Last name Smetana (Smetana , Сметана , Schmetten ) , worldwide, is a common cognomen. The surname Smetana is characteristic of Eastern Europe, particularly Czechia, where it is quite a common surname, Slovakia, and Ukraine, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Czechia, Ukraine, and the United States. Much less frequently, Smetana is the forename as well as the last name.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Smetana

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Smetana	Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Czechia, United States
Сметана	Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Russia, Georgia
Schmetten	Germany
סמטנה	Israel

Last names said to be same

Smetanová

Notable namesakes

	benedictus smetana CZ (b. 1723)
	edmund smetana (1743-1806) (b. 1743)
	josef františek smetana Czech poet, philosopher, physicist and roman catholic priest, CZ (b. 1801)
	augustin smetana Czech philosopher, CZ (b. 1814)
	bedřich smetana Czech composer (1824-1884), CZ (b. 1824)
	františek smetana (b. 1777)
	rudolf von smetana (b. 1802)
	emil smetana Polish physicist, PL (b. 1903)
	gabriel smetana Czechoslovak teacher, CZ (b. 1855)
	antonín smetana Czech politician and publicist, CZ (b. 1863)
	heinrich smetana holocaust victim, b. 1867-03-04, AT (b. 1867)
	ján smetana (b. 1867)
	pavel smetana Czech translator and theologist (1937-2018), CZ (b. 1937)
	jan smetana CZ (b. 1883)
	leo smetana holocaust victim, b. 1894 (b. 1894)

Characteristic forenames

Mr, Deb, Dan, Don, Leo, Lea, Liv, Jan, Jas, Jon, Joe, Jen, Jim, Tom, Ted, Tim, Nic, Eva, Rex, Roy, Ron, Rob, Ms, Al, Ed, May, Max, Mom, Mia, Sam, Vã, Sue, Ann, Ami, Amy, Ben, Bob, Ken, Kim, Pat, Ana, and Iva