Smets is a

Dutch Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People E ...

occupational surname In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, ...

. It is a common name in the Belgian provinces of Antwerp and

Flemish Brabant Flemish Brabant ( nl, Vlaams-Brabant ; french: Brabant flamand ) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hai ...

(11,000 people in 1998

Despite its similarity to the Dutch surnames

Smet Smet is a Dutch language, Dutch occupational surname. Smet is a regional form of ''Smid'' ("Smith") and is equivalent to the more abundant surname Smit. It is common in East Flanders. People named Smet include: *David Smet (born 1966), French sin ...

Smits Smits is a Dutch surname that is considered a variant of the more common Smit 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 ...

, and

Smeets Smeets is a Limburgian surname (or more broadly, Dutch surname) meaning smith (metal worker). The surname hails specifically from the Limburg region spanning parts of the Southern Netherlands and Eastern Belgium. People bearing the Smeets surna ...

, each equivalent to

Smith Smith may refer to: People * Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals * Smith (given name) * Smith (surname), a family name originating in England, Scotland and Ireland ** List of people w ...

, Smets (sometimes?) originated from "des Mets", short for "des Metselaars" ("the mason's son"

People named Smets include: *

Alexander Smets Alexander Augustus Smets (October 12, 1795 – May 9, 1862) was a French-born co-founder of the Georgia Historical Society in Savannah, Georgia, United States. A banker and philanthropist, he was also a large landowner in Georgia and one of the s ...

(1795–1862), French philanthropist *

Dieudonné Smets Dieudonné Smets (17 August 1901 – 29 November 1981) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He won the 1926 edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège. References External links * 1901 births 1981 deaths Belgian male cyclists People fr ...

(1901–1981), Belgian road cyclist *

Henri Smets Henri Smets ( Wezembeek-Oppem, 23 December 1896 - Brussel, 11 March 1950) was a Belgian cross country athlete. He was a participant of the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp. Performances Olympic Participant of the de VII° 1920 Summer Olympic ...

(1895–1994), Belgian cross country athlete *

Joël Smets Joël Smets (born 6 April 1969) is a Belgian former professional motocross racer and current Racing Sports Director for KTM motorcycles. He competed in the Motocross World Championships from 1989 to 2005. Smets is notable for being a five-time m ...

(born 1969), Belgian motocross rider *

Rob Smets Robert Edward "Rob" Smets (born September 11, 1959, Palo Alto, California), known professionally as The Kamikaze Kid, is an American former professional Rodeo clown, rodeo bullfighter. Biography Smets was born in Palo Alto, California to Bill and ...

(born 1959), American rodeo bullfighter and commentator *

Sonja Smets Sonja Smets is a Belgian and Dutch logician and epistemologist known for her work in belief revision and quantum logic. She is Professor of Logic and Epistemology at the University of Amsterdam, where she was the Director of the Institute for Log ...

, Belgian and Dutch logician * (1796–1848), German writer, journalist and politician SMETS, short for ''Smart Metering Equipment Technical Specifications'', is a British standard for home smart meters.

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