Smits is a

Dutch surname Dutch names consist of one or more given names and a surname. The given name is usually gender-specific. Dutch given names A Dutch child's birth and given name(s) must be officially registered by the parents within 3 days after birth. It is not u ...

that is considered a variant of the more common

Smit Smit is a Dutch occupational surname. It represents an archaic spelling of the Dutch word "smid" for "smith" (metal worker) and is the Dutch equivalent of the English surname Smith.Citation: Schulze, 2008 Frequency of occurrence in general popu ...

surname.Citation: Meertens Institute: Smit. The name is an old plural of Smid (blacksmith), though the plural in modern Dutch would be Smeden.

Frequency of occurrence in general populations

Information for surname frequency in the Netherlands is limited by the end of comprehensive census taking in 1971. The most recent readily available information is based on the 1947 census, for which both raw census data and surname frequency data have been made available to the general public. In 1947 there were 15,151 recorded people with the surname Smits, while the general census provides a figure of 9,519,000 as the 1947 population. Working with this data the frequency of the Smits surname in the Netherlands in 1947 can be calculated to be ~0.159% or ~1,590 of every 1,000,000 people, which is ½ the frequency of the surname

, of which Smits is a variant. In 2007 there were 23,205 carriers of this surname in The Netherlands and 3,888 in Belgium.Citation: Nederlandse familienamenbank

Notable people sharing the Smits surname

Alexander Smits Alexander John Smits (born December 25, 1948) is an Australian-American engineer and academic who is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Emeritus, at Princeton University. He is also the director of the Gas dyna ...

(born 1948), Australian-American engineer * Andreas Smits (1870–1948), Dutch physical chemist * Anita Smits (born 1967), Dutch archer * Bart Smits (born 1972), Dutch heavy metal singer * Eva Smits (1906–1992), Dutch freestyle swimmer *

George Smits George Smits (Antwerp, 1944–1997), aka 'Toet', was a Belgian visual artist, comics artist, radio presenter, experimental musician and inventor of experimental musical instruments. Biography In the sixties, he was a member of the band of Ferre Gr ...

(1944–1997), Belgian inventor of experimental musical instruments * Glenn Smits (born 1990), Dutch tennis player * Gregory Smits (born 1960), American historian and Japanologist * Hans Smits (born 1956), Dutch water polo player * Hendrik Smits (1907–1976), Dutch rower *

Inger Smits Inger Smits (born 17 September 1994) is a Dutch handball player for Borussia Dortmund and the Dutch national team. She represented the Netherlands at the 2019 World Women's Handball Championship. Her father and brothers Kay and Jorn are also ...

(born 1994), Dutch handball player *

Jakob Smits Jakob Smits or Jacob Smits (Rotterdam, 9 July 1855 – Achterbos (Mol), 15 February 1928) was a Dutch-Flemish painter. Background and early life He was born a son of a decorator. Jakob studied in Rotterdam at the academy and helped his fathe ...

(1855–1928), Dutch painter * Jan M. Smits (born 1967), Dutch law professor * Jean Baptiste Smits 1792–1857), Belgian politician * Jeroen Smits (born 1972), Dutch cricketer *

Jimmy Smits Jimmy L. Smits (born July 9, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for playing attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s-1990s legal drama '' L.A. Law'', NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s-2000s police drama ''NYPD Blue'', Matt Santos ...

(born 1955), American actor *

John Smits John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

(born 1988), Canadian soccer player *

Jorn Smits Jorn Smits (born 3 September 1992) is a Dutch handball player for TTH Holstebro and the Dutch national team. Career Initially, Smits first practiced football at the age of 6, but his cousin asked him to participate in handball training during ...

(born 1992), Dutch handball player * (1901–1986), Dutch musicologist * Joshua Smits (born 1992), Dutch footballer * Louisa Smits (born 1940s), Belgian racing cyclist *

Ludowyk Smits Ludowyk, or Caspar Smits, or Smith or Gaspar Smitz (1635 in Zwartewaal – 1707 in Dublin), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Houbraken he was called Ludowyk Smits, nicknamed Hartkamp, and was the teacher of the painters ...

(1635–1707), Dutch painter *

Lukas Smits Lukas Smits (born 23 May 1935 in Ravenswaaij) is a Dutch painter. Lukas Smits was born in Ravenswaaij (Buren) and studied both at the Academy of Art and Design in Den Bosch and at the Jan van Eyck-Academy in Maastricht. In 1959 he received the R ...

(born 1935), Dutch painter * Manja Smits (born 1985), Dutch politician * Marije Smits (born 1986), Dutch Paralympic sprinter * Pepijn Smits (born 1996), Dutch swimmer *

Rik Smits Rik Smits (born 23 August 1966), nicknamed "the Dunking Dutchman" is a Dutch former professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The center was drafted by the ...

(born 1966), Dutch basketball player * Rik Smits (linguist) (born 1953), Dutch linguist, author, and journalist *

Robert-Jan Smits Robert-Jan Smits (born 1958) is the President of the Executive Board of the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands since May 2019. In 2018-2019, he was a senior adviser for open access and innovation at the European Political Strat ...

(born 1958), Dutch civil servant *

Seppe Smits Sebastien "Seppe" Smits (born 13 July 1991) is a Belgian professional snowboarder and World Championship medalist. Smits was born in Westmalle and started snowboarding at a serious level in the winter of 2006–2007, competing in the Europa Cu ...

(born 1991), Belgian snowboarder * Simon Smits (born 1955), Dutch ambassador to the United Kingdom *

Sonja Smits Sonja Smits (born September 8, 1958) is a Canadian actress. She was nominated for two Genie Awards: for ''Videodrome'' (1983) and '' That's My Baby!'' (1984). On television, she starred in '' Street Legal'' (1987-1992) and '' Traders'' (1996-2000) ...

(born 1955), Canadian actress * Tim Smits (born 1986), Australian footballer * Ton Smits (1921–1981), Dutch cartoonist * Twan Smits (born 1985), Dutch footballer * William Smits (1704–1770), Dutch Franciscan orientalist and exegete * Willie Smits (born 1957), Dutch conservationist * Xenia Smits (born 1994), German handball player *

Yanis Smits Yanis Alfred Smits (Janis Alfreds Šmits, August 9, 1941 - April 23, 2020), commonly known as Bishop Smits, was a Latvian people, Latvian theologian and Baptist pastor. He was persecuted for his political and religious activism against the Soviet ...

or Jānis Šmits (born before 1940), Canadian Latvian Baptist bishop ;Šmits * Anatolijs Šmits (1941–1998), Latvian chess master *

Jānis Šmits Jānis Šmits (1 April 1968 - 23 September 2019) was a Latvian politician and Lutheran pastor. He was a member of the Latvia's First Party and a deputy of the 8th and 9th Saeima (Latvian Parliament). He was a member of parliament from Marc ...

(born 1968), Latvian politician * (1869–1938), Latvian Orientalist and ethnographer * Rolands Šmits (born 1995), Latvian basketball player

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