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The schmidt Surname

schmidt Name Meaning and History

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from Middle High German smit, German Schmied ‘blacksmith’. The German surname is found in many other parts of Europe, from Slovenia to Sweden.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The schmidt name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the schmidt family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of schmidt Families in the US in 1920
Number of schmidt families
 1557-3112
 520-1556		 1-519
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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