Smeets

SmeetsOrigin

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

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* 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

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* Smets, Dutch occupational surname with a different origin

## References

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1. ^ a b Nederlandse Familienamen Databank. "Smeets". Meertens Instituut. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
2. ^ Besite, Bijnens P. & Marynissen, A. "Smeets". Besite. Retrieved 2010-07-13.

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Surnames associated with the occupation of smith

Celtic|

* Goff
* Goffe
* Gow
* Gowan
* Gowans
* Le Goff
* Mac a' Ghobhainn
* MacGavin / McGavin
* MacGowan / McGowan

Germanic|

* Brenneis
* De Smedt
* De Smet
* Eisen
* Eisler
* Eisner
* Kleinschmidt
* Klier
* Klingbeil
* Klinkhamer
* Klinkhammer
* Nagel
* Pinkert
* Schmid
* Schmidt
* Schmied
* Schmiedel
* Schmiedl
* Schmieden
* Schmitt
* Schmitz
* Schmitzer
* Smed
* Smeets
* Smet
* Smets
* Smidt
* Smit
* (Smith, list)
* Smithe
* Smither
* Smithers
* Smithies
* Smithson
* Smits
* Smyth
* Smythe
* Szmidt
* Šmíd

Romance|

* Fabbri
* Faber
* Fabre
* Fabri
* Faure
* Favre
* Feaver
* Ferrara
* Ferrari
* Ferraris
* Ferraro
* Ferré
* Ferreira
* Ferrer
* Ferrero
* Ferreiro
* Ferretti
* Ferreyra
* Ferrier
* Ferriero
* Fieraru
* Fierarul
* Herrera
* Herrero
* Lefébure
* Lefebvre
* Lefèvre

Semitic|

* Haddad
* Hadodo
* Al-Haddad
* El-Haddad

Slavic|

* 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

Other|

* Armenian: Darbinyan
* Baltic
* Kalējs
* Kalvaitis (Kalwejt, Kallweit, etc.)
* Kavaliauskas
* Šmits
* Finnic
* Sepp
* Seppä
* Seppänen
* Seppälä
* Indic: Lohar
* Kartvelian
* Mchedlidze
* Mchedlishvili
* Turkic
* Demirci
* Demircioğlu

From "spark"
rel. to occ. 'smith'|

* Funk
* Funke
* Vonck
* Vonk

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