Smitheman Surname

760,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 376 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Smitheman Surname Definition:

(English) Smith’s Man [v.Smith, and + English man] Smytheman and Smythman are the forms in the Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.

Smitheman Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1781:313,02323,520
United States1291:2,809,759166,838
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
Australia181:1,499,76175,721
Scotland61:892,30328,047
New Zealand51:905,66545,114
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Wales41:773,63329,106
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England691:353,26622,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States241:2,092,445103,667

Smitheman Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Smith’s Man [v.Smith, and + English man] Smytheman and Smythman are the forms in the Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Smitheman Last Name Facts

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

The last name Smitheman occurs most in England. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Smitheman? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 760,012th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 19,381,771 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Smitheman live; 50 percent live in Northern Europe and 50 percent live in British Isles.

Smitheman is most frequently occurring in England, where it is borne by 178 people, or 1 in 313,023. In England Smitheman is most numerous in: West Midlands, where 12 percent are found, South Yorkshire, where 11 percent are found and Essex, where 11 percent are found. Not including England it occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 34 percent are found and Canada, where 7 percent are found.

Smitheman Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Smitheman has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 258 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it rose 538 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Smitheman Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Smitheman surname are 40.33% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 87.1% registered with the party.

The amount Smitheman earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 20.45% more than the national average, earning $51,971 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.85% more than the national average, earning $59,547 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smitheyman950/
Shmitheman950/
Smithheiman902/
Smithyman89455/
Smytheman8996/
Smithaman896/
Smithoman891/
Smithiman890/
Smithesmon840/
Smitaman8211/
Smittyman780/
Schmittimann671/

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Smitheman Reference & Research

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Footnotes

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