Smeets
Origin | |
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Language(s) | Limburgish |
Meaning | smith's[1] |
Region of origin | Limburg (encompassing Limburg (Belgium) and Limburg (Netherlands)) |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Smit Smits |
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.[1][2]
People bearing the Smeets surname
- Axel Smeets (b. 1974), Belgian football defender and manager
- Bryan Smeets (b. 1992), Dutch football midfielder
- Felix Smeets (1904–1961), Dutch football striker
- Hubert Smeets [nl; uk] (b. 1958), Dutchjournalist and historian
- Ionica Smeets (b. 1979), Dutch mathematician, science journalist, and TV presenter
- Jan Smeets (b. 1985), Dutch chess player
- Jorg Smeets (b. 1970), Dutch football midfielder
- Jorrit Smeets (b. 1995), Dutch football midfielder
- Joseph Smeets (b. 1959), Belgian racing cyclist
- Lucian Smeets (fl. 1900), Belgian stamp forger
- Mart Smeets (b. 1947), Dutch radio and television personality, writer and columnist
- Martine Smeets (b. 1990), Dutch handball player
- Minke Smeets (b. 1979), Dutch field hockey player, wife of Tjerk
- Pauline Smeets (b. 1959), Dutch Labour Party politician
- Robert Smeets (b. 1985), Australian tennis player
- Theo Smeets [de] (b. 1964), Dutch jeweler
- Tjerk Smeets (b. 1980), Dutch baseball player, son of Mart Smeets, husband of Minke
See also
- Smets, Dutch occupational surname with a different origin
References
- ^ a b Nederlandse Familienamen Databank. "Smeets". Meertens Instituut. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ^ Besite, Bijnens P. & Marynissen, A. "Smeets". Besite. Retrieved 2010-07-13.
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Surnames associated with the occupation of smith
- Covaci
- Coval
- Covali
- Covaliov
- Kavalyow
- Kovač
- Kováč
- Kovach
- Kovačević
- Kovačevič
- Kovačovič
- Kovačev
- Kovachev
- Kovačec
- Kovačevski
- Kovačić
- Kovačič
- Kovačik
- Kováčik
- Kovack
- Kovács
- Koval
- Kovalchuk
- Kovalenko
- Kovalevich
- Kovalevsky
- Kovalic
- Kovalik
- Kovalik
- Kovalkov
- Kovals
- Kovalsky
- Kovalyov
- Kovalyuk
- Kovář
- Kovařík
- Kowal
- Kowalik
- Kowalczyk
- Kowalczuk
- Kowalewicz
- Kowalewski
- Kowalski
- Kuznets
- Kuznetsov
- Kuźniar
- Armenian: Darbinyan
- Baltic
- Kalējs
- Kalvaitis (Kalwejt, Kallweit, etc.)
- Kavaliauskas
- Šmits
- Finnic
- Indic: Lohar
- Kartvelian
- Turkic
- Demirci
- Demircioğlu
rel. to occ. 'smith'
Surname list
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