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.
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.
Schmitt (Germany)
Or Müller (=Miller)
German also has Mustermann (“Muster” meaning template)
We don’t have that in the Netherlands or in English afaik and would use something like Smith, that is Janssen in our case. Of course you could also see something like “Last_name” or “Example” in the place of a last name field, but it doesn’t look like a name the way that yours does
Isn’t it usually Schmidt? Or is there a regional difference?
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.
I think just similar names.
In Austria Maier is very common, but also Meier, or Mayer.