▁general ▁populations ▁ ▁Information ▁for ▁surname ▁frequency ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁is ▁limited ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁compreh ensive ▁census ▁taking ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 . ▁ ▁The ▁most ▁recent ▁readily ▁available ▁information ▁is ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁census , ▁for ▁which ▁both ▁raw ▁census ▁data ▁and ▁surname ▁frequency ▁data ▁have ▁been ▁made ▁available ▁to ▁the ▁general ▁public . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁there ▁were ▁ 1 5 , 1 5 1 ▁recorded ▁people ▁with ▁the ▁surname ▁Sm its , ▁while ▁the ▁general ▁census ▁provides ▁a ▁figure ▁of ▁ 9 , 5 1 9 , 0 0 0 ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁population . ▁ ▁Working ▁with ▁this ▁data ▁the ▁frequency ▁of ▁the ▁Sm its ▁surname ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 ▁can ▁be ▁calculated ▁to ▁be ▁~ 0 . 1 5 9 % ▁or ▁~ 1 , 5 9 0 ▁of ▁every ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁people , ▁which ▁is ▁ ½ ▁the ▁frequency ▁of ▁the ▁surname ▁S mit , ▁of ▁which ▁Sm its ▁is ▁a ▁variant . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁there ▁were ▁ 2 3 , 2 0 5 ▁carri ers ▁of ▁this ▁surname ▁in ▁The ▁Netherlands ▁and ▁ 3 , 8 8 8 ▁in ▁Belg ium . ▁ ▁Notable ▁people ▁sharing ▁the ▁Sm its ▁surname ▁▁ ▁Alexander ▁Sm its ▁( born ▁ 1 9 4 8 ), ▁Australian - American ▁engineer ▁ ▁An ita ▁Sm its ▁(