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 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
Smit, 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
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Alexander Smits (born 1948), Australian-American engineer
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Andreas Smits
Andreas Smits (14 June 1870 – 13 November 1948) was Dutch chemist who specialized in physical and inorganic chemistry and examined aspects of phase change and conversions between allotropic forms. He was a professor at the Delft University of T ...
(1870–1948), Dutch physical chemist
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Anita Smits
Adriana Gerarda Antonia Maria (Anita) Smits (born 22 May 1967 in Oirschot, North Brabant) is a former archer from the Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea
Seoul (; ; ), officially ...
(born 1967), Dutch archer
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Bart Smits (born 1972), Dutch heavy metal singer
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Eva Smits
Eva Anna Gijsberta Smits (26 October 1906, Amsterdam – 23 April 1992, Schagen) was a Dutch freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Game ...
(1906–1992), Dutch freestyle swimmer
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George Smits (1944–1997), Belgian inventor of experimental musical instruments
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Glenn Smits
Glenn Smits (born 24 October 1990) is a Dutch tennis player.
Smits has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 721 achieved on 28 May 2018. In 2018 he achieved his highest ranking (389) in the doubles with Botic van de Zandschulp.
Smits made his ...
(born 1990), Dutch tennis player
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Gregory Smits
Gregory James Smits (born 1960) is an American historian, academic, writer and Japanologist. He is a professor of Japanese history at Pennsylvania State University.Pennsylvania State University "Gregory James Smits" retrieved 2013-3-22.
Early li ...
(born 1960), American historian and Japanologist
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Hans Smits
Hans Karel Daniël Smits (born January 24, 1956 in Den Helder, North Holland) is a former water polo player from The Netherlands, who won the bronze medal with the Dutch Men's Team at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
See al ...
(born 1956), Dutch water polo player
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Hendrik Smits
Hendrik Smits (9 December 1907 – 12 September 1976) was a Dutch rower. He competed in the men's coxed pair event at the 1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of ...
(1907–1976), Dutch rower
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Inger Smits (born 1994), Dutch handball player
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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 fath ...
(1855–1928), Dutch painter
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Jan M. Smits
Jan M. Smits (born 1967) is a Dutch law professor. He is the dean of the Faculty of Law at Maastricht University, where he is also professor of European Private Law and director of the Maastricht European Private Law Institute. Furthermore, he ...
(born 1967), Dutch law professor
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Jean Baptiste Smits
Jean Baptiste Smits (Antwerp, April 10, 1792 - Arlon, May 3, 1857) was a Belgian Member of Parliament and minister.
Biography
Smits was a son of Henri-Joseph Smits and Isabelle Verrept. He was married twice. He had four sons with his first wife.
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1792–1857), Belgian politician
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Jeroen Smits (born 1972), Dutch cricketer
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Jimmy Smits (born 1955), American actor
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John Smits (born 1988), Canadian soccer player
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Jorn Smits (born 1992), Dutch handball player
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Joshua Smits
Joshua Gerardus Petrus Wilhelmus Smits (born 6 November 1992) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Willem II.
Smits started his football career at Astrantia and De Treffers, before moving to NEC in 2011. In the 201 ...
(born 1992), Dutch footballer
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Louisa Smits
Louisa Smits is a former Belgian racing cyclist. She won the Belgian national road race title in 1965.
References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Belgian female cyclists
Place of birth missing (l ...
(born 1940s), Belgian racing cyclist
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Ludowyk Smits (1635–1707), Dutch painter
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Lukas Smits (born 1935), Dutch painter
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Manja Smits
Manja Smits (born 27 May 1985 in De Bilt) is a Dutch politician. She was an MP for the Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij) from 22 April 2008 until 15 April 2014, specializing in matters of primary and secondary education. From May 2013 onw ...
(born 1985), Dutch politician
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Marije Smits
Marije Smits (born 24 October 1986) is a Dutch amputee and Paralympian named "2011 Paralympic Athlete of the Year" by the Dutch Athletics Union. She competed at the Netherlands at the 2012 Summer Paralympics and she did not win a medal.
Refe ...
(born 1986), Dutch Paralympic sprinter
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Pepijn Smits
Pepijn Maxime Smits (born 9 December 1996) is a Dutch swimmer.
He competed in the Team event at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships
The 2018 European Aquatics Championships took place in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Luss in the central belt ...
(born 1996), Dutch swimmer
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Rik Smits (born 1966), Dutch basketball player
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Rik Smits (linguist)
Reinier Johannes Charles "Rik" Smits (born 1953 in The Hague) is a Dutch linguist, author, translator and editor with a wide range of interests.
As a linguist he specialized in generative syntax, taking a PhD in General Linguistics in 1989. From ...
(born 1953), Dutch linguist, author, and journalist
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Robert-Jan Smits (born 1958), Dutch civil servant
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Seppe Smits (born 1991), Belgian snowboarder
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Simon Smits Simon J. H. Smits (born 13 September 1955) is the former Dutch ambassador to the United Kingdom. He completed a Harting Fellowship at the University of Oxford after which he entered the diplomatic service and received postings to Bangladesh, Gene ...
(born 1955), Dutch ambassador to the United Kingdom
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Sonja Smits (born 1955), Canadian actress
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Tim Smits
Tim Smits (born 11 April 1986) is an Australian footballer who plays for Grange Thistle.
Club career
Smits began his career with North Pine SC, he then moved to Albany Creek and then to the QAS. At the Queensland Academy of Sport he spent thre ...
(born 1986), Australian footballer
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Ton Smits Ton Smits (February 18, 1921 – August 5, 1981) was a Dutch cartoonist and comic artist. He was born in Veghel and moved to Eindhoven
Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Braban ...
(1921–1981), Dutch cartoonist
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Twan Smits
Twan Smits (born 20 December 1985 in Weurt) is a footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Juliana '31 in the Dutch Derde Divisie. Smits also is the captain of the Groesbeek side since 2011. Originally a youth product from N.E.C., he p ...
(born 1985), Dutch footballer
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William Smits
Willem Smits (1704 – 1 December 1770) was a Dutch Franciscan orientalist and exegete.
Biography
Smits was born at Kevelaer in the Duchy of Guelders. He entered the Order of Friars Minor at the age of eighteen. As a religious he applie ...
(1704–1770), Dutch Franciscan orientalist and exegete
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Willie Smits (born 1957), Dutch conservationist
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Xenia Smits (born 1994), German handball player
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Yanis Smits or Jānis Šmits (born before 1940), Canadian Latvian Baptist bishop
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Anatolijs Šmits
Anatolijs Šmits (September 2, 1941 – January 30, 1998), also known as Anatols Šmits or Anatoly Shmit, was a Latvian chess player.
Šmits won the Soviet Junior Championship in 1960 and was Latvian Chess Champion in 1969 and 1975. He also ...
(1941–1998), Latvian chess master
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Jānis Šmits (born 1968), Latvian politician
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Rolands Šmits
Rolands Šmits (born June 25, 1995) is a Latvian professional basketball player for Žalgiris Kaunas of the LKL and the EuroLeague. At a height of 2.08 m (6'10"), and a weight of 106.4 kg (235 lbs.), he can play at either the power forward or c ...
(born 1995), Latvian basketball player
See also
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Klaas Smits River, a river in South Africa
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