Schmit

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Schmit is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish surname9.5K records spelled Schmit4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, United States, Brazil, Colombia

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Sĉhmĭt

• Russian surname77 records spelled Schmit8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, United States

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Шмит, Shmit, Schmith

50 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Schmit is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, zu 'Schmied'; seltene Schreibung, Platte zu Dentale: Plosive, mit -t-Schreibung.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus

• In English, ‘smith, blacksmith’.

  as a name·Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

• In bar, smith

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Thomas Schmitb. 1894LULuxembourgish association football player (1894-1944)
• Georges Schmitb. 1904LUluxembourgian sprinter
• Lucien A. Schmit Jr.b. 1928USAmerican engineer (1928–2018)
• Lydie Schmitb. 1939LULuxembourgish politician (1939-1988)
• Ady Schmitb. 1940LULuxembourgish footballer
• Tomas Schmitb. 1943DEGerman artist (1943–2006)
• Nicolas Schmitb. 1953LULuxembourg politician (born 1953)
• Randall Schmitb. 1955USAmerican Artist, primarily Painter and Collagist (born 1955)
• Pascal Schmitb. 1975DEGerman cinematographer
• Sophie Schmitb. 2000FRFrench film editor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 39 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Schmit?

We estimate roughly 9.8 thousand people bear Schmit (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Schmit have the most bearers?

Schmit is most frequently recorded in Luxembourg, where it is most often spelled schmit.

How common is Schmit compared with other names?

In Luxembourg, Schmit is the most common surname of 1,284 surnames recorded there.

What does the name Schmit mean?

Recorded meaning: zu mhd. smid/Schmied ‘Metallarbeiter’; zeigt t-Varianz in Schmit- (6 Typen/239 Belege).