Schmidt

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Blacksmith on a frieze at the New Town Hall Hanover

Schmidt is the second most common German family name . Together with his spelling and calling variants (e.g. Schmitt or Schmitz ) he can also be addressed as the most common German family name.

origin

Like most common German-language family names, Schmidt is derived from a profession , here from that of blacksmith .

frequency

Distribution of the surname Schmidt in January 2005

After Müller , Schmidt is the second most common German family name, see list of the most common family names in Germany . There are more than 235,000 entries in the phone book (1.14%) (1996 figure). Together with around 150,000 entries of homophonic and other variants such as Schmid , Schmied, Schmitt, Schmit, Smid , Smidt , Schmitz, Schmidl , Schmidli and Schmidtke , it is even the most common family name.

variants

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The most common variants are also listed as separate names / spellings in some lists. They are Schmitt (approx. 26th place), Schmitz (approx. 28th place) and Schmid (approx. 32nd place).

Because of the widespread use and the regionally different spellings, the name spreads out in numerous forms. In the Rhineland the spelling Schmitz is predominant. In the Rhenish-Franconian area the Schmitt variant is common , in the Swabian and Bavarian Schmid .

Map of Germany with name frequency Schmitz Germany map with name frequency Schmitt Germany map with name frequency Schmid

The name Schmitz is also common in East Belgium . Rarer variants are Schmidtke , Smid and Smidt in Northern Germany, Schmied (especially in Bavaria and Switzerland) and especially rarely Schmit or Schmith . The name Faber or Fabri also means blacksmith and usually goes back to a Latinization of corresponding proper names such as Schmidt or similar.

Compositions

There are numerous compositions used to more accurately describe the work of the blacksmith. Examples: Goldsmith , blacksmith , Hufschmidt (also Hubschmid ), Waffenschmidt , Hammerschmidt , Hältenschmidt , Kesselschmidt, Kleinschmidt , Klingenschmitt , Messerschmidt , Messerschmitt .

International

Designations for the profession of blacksmith are used as family names in numerous languages. The English name Smith is the most common name in most of the countries in the English-speaking world. Other correspondences are Smid in Dutch , Kowalski in Polish , Kovacev, Kovacic or Kovacevic Kovac on Serb or Croat , Kovács Hungarian (transcribed: Кузнецов Kuznetsov ) on Russian , Herrero in Spanish , Lefebvre or Lefèvre in French , Demirci in Turkish , Ferreira in Portuguese and Ferrari in Italian .

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See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Search on Familienaam.be from November 29, 2019.
  2. ↑ Kesselschmidt. Retrieved June 13, 2020 .

Web links

Wiktionary: Schmidt  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wiktionary: Schmitt  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wiktionary: Schmitz  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Wiktionary: Schmid  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations