O'Smith Surname

2,293,424th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 69 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

O'Smith Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

O'Smith Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States681:5,330,278267,385
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

O'Smith Last Name Facts

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

O'Smith is found most in The United States. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name O'Smith? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 2,293,424th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname O'Smith occurs mostly in The Americas, where 99 percent of O'Smith are found; 99 percent are found in North America and 99 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

The last name is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 5,330,278. In The United States O'Smith is most numerous in: Virginia, where 16 percent reside, Alabama, where 7 percent reside and Utah, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The United States it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Singapore, where 1 percent reside.

O'Smith Last Name Statistics demography

O'Smith earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.53% more than the national average, earning $43,378 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Osmith9225/
Osmithh863/
Gosmith862/
Osmih832/
Housmith800/
Ousmih77136/
Esmith7780/
Asmith7760/
Osmish771/
Osmite771/
O'Schmidt753/
Hoehsmith751/
Osmi7391/
Axsmith7135/
Gousmit712/
Hesmith711/
Gasmith711/
Hasmith711/
Adsmith710/
Ashmith710/
Asmit67147/
Esmit67100/
Gosmi6755/
Osmai6730/
Asmih6726/
Hosmi6714/
Ozmih6713/
Oshmi6713/
Hodsmyth679/
Osmet674/
Ousmi672/
Osmio672/
Osmiy672/
Hashmith671/
Hessmith671/
Osmoi671/
Osmiz671/
Hadsmith670/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 O'Smith
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