What is your country's equivalent of the last name "Smith"? (thelemmy.club)

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I don't mean a direct translation, but rather a common and/or "stereotypical" last name that is generally used as the equivalent of "Smith" in English.

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[-] gsx@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 weeks ago

It's a regional/religious difference. In the southern more Catholic regions it's mostly Schmitt and in the northern more Protestant regions it's mostly Schmidt.

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