Schmidt

Etymology
From. .

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Schmidt is the 185th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 147,034 individuals. Schmidt is most common among White (95.2%) individuals.

Etymology
From, often as a Germanization of the Danish.

Usage notes

 * The stem generally occurred only in the uninflected form, while inflected forms were built from the stem  (also spelt ). However, forms with generalization of the uninflected stem are also attestable. In contemporary German, conversely, the inflected stem has been generalized. (Alternation is still preserved in 🇨🇬, plural .)

Etymology
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