For Schmidt Pedersen there are 25 on Yasni with different names.
Among the most common last names on Yasni Schmidt Pedersen is on position 4502.
The name of Schmidt in all its various spellings (Schmid, Schmidt, Schmitt, Schmitz, etc.) goes back to the job title of the blacksmith. At the beginning of mechanization were large forge usually near rivers, because the hammers were operated by water power. An accumulation of this name in the vicinity of large rivers is therefore detectable. As was also needed in every village, a blacksmith (farrier, blacksmith, etc.), this name is now practically everywhere.
(Sent from: Jörg Schmidt, Mörfelden-Walldorf)
The name "Pedersen" very probably comes from the region and means of my knowledge scandinawischen> Peder's son. He was probably at the times when usually there is (still) had no surname.
(Sent from: Wolfgang Pedersen, Dannenberg)
