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.
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| Smetana | Germany, Austria, Slovakia, United States, Czechia |
| Сметана | Georgia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia |
| Schmetten | Germany |
| סמטנה | Israel |
| benedictus smetana CZ (b. 1723) |
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| edmund smetana (1743-1806) (b. 1743) |
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josef františek smetana Czech poet, philosopher, physicist and roman catholic priest, CZ (b. 1801) |
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augustin smetana Czech philosopher, CZ (b. 1814) |
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bedřich smetana Czech composer (1824-1884), CZ (b. 1824) |
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| františek smetana (b. 1777) |
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| rudolf von smetana (b. 1802) |
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emil smetana Polish physicist, PL (b. 1903) |
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| gabriel smetana Czechoslovak teacher, CZ (b. 1855) |
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| antonín smetana Czech politician and publicist, CZ (b. 1863) |
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| heinrich smetana holocaust victim, b. 1867-03-04, AT (b. 1867) |
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| ján smetana (b. 1867) |
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pavel smetana Czech translator and theologist (1937-2018), CZ (b. 1937) |
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| jan smetana CZ (b. 1883) |
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| leo smetana holocaust victim, b. 1894 (b. 1894) |
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