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| Origin | |
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| Language(s) | Limburgish |
| Meaning | smith's |
| 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.
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※
Surnames associated with the occupation of smith | ||
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| From "spark" rel.——to occ. 'smith' | ||
Surname list
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