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Smerden Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Smarden,' a parish in Kent, nine miles from Cranbrook.

Smerden Surname Distribution Map

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PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Smerden Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Smarden,' a parish in Kent, nine miles from Cranbrook.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(English) belonging to Smerden (Kent) [Old English denu, a valley: the first element seems to be the Old English sme(o)ro, fat, grease, and may be from the plant-name smerwort]

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Possibly Smarden, a parish in Kent.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

The Smerdons are still mainly to he found in Ashburton and the neighbourhood, a district they have frequented for many generations. A family of this name resided in Widecombe in the 16th and 17th centuries (Dy.). The Rev. Thomas Smerdon was master of the Ashburton grammar school in the middle of last century (W. A.). There were Smerdons in Tavistock in the 15th century (W. T.).

— Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy
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