de Smith Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Bahamas

de Smith Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

de Smith Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:11,326,842445,236
England281:1,989,93178,001
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States551:913,06755,053

de Smith Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Smith Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de Smith is found most frequently in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name de Smith? popularity and diffusion

de Smith is the 2,075,631st most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 51 percent of de Smith are found; 41 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

de Smith is most common in The United States, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 11,326,842. In The United States de Smith is primarily concentrated in: Wisconsin, where 25 percent are found, California, where 22 percent are found and Connecticut, where 6 percent are found. Besides The United States this surname exists in 19 countries. It also occurs in England, where 34 percent are found and Venezuela, where 2 percent are found.

de Smith Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of de Smith has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 42 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 311 percent between 1881 and 2014.

de Smith Last Name Statistics demography

de Smith earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 140.99% more than the national average, earning $103,985 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
des Smith941/
de Smit932,076/
de Smidt881,097/
de Smeth88233/
de Smitt8813/
De-Smith887/
di Smith885/
da Smith884/
de Smet8019,970/
de Smid8019/
De-Smit802/
de Schmidt7815/
de Schmitt782/
de Smedt758,987/
de Smets754/
de Smeyt753/
De-Smidt752/
der Schmitt741/
de Smecht7156/
de Schmid717/
de Smeets711/
de Smedts711/
de Smmedt711/
de Smette711/
De-Smet6720/
de Smed675/
De-Smid672/
De-Smedt637/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Smith
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