Frequency: (181)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German: 1. nickname for a gourmet, from Middle High German smecken ‘to taste’. 2. from a Sorbian personal name Smějk, meaning ‘smiler’.
GIVEN NAME German 4%. Kurt.
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