Smithfield Surname

1,189,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 199 people bear this surname

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

Smithfield Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smithfield Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1521:2,384,598147,132
England241:2,321,58686,519
Australia131:2,076,59293,242
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States381:1,321,54472,820

Smithfield Last Name Facts

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

The surname Smithfield is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Smithfield? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,189,614th most widely held surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 36,620,834 people. The last name Smithfield is primarily found in The Americas, where 78 percent of Smithfield live; 77 percent live in North America and 77 percent live in Anglo-North America.

Smithfield is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 152 people, or 1 in 2,384,598. In The United States Smithfield is most frequent in: California, where 22 percent are found, Tennessee, where 13 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 7 percent are found. Beside The United States this last name exists in 11 countries. It is also common in England, where 12 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.

Smithfield Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Smithfield has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 400 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 343 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Smithfield Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Smithfield are 33.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 80% registered to vote for the political party.

Smithfield earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.41% less than the national average, earning $38,657 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smithflied901/
Smutfeld780/
Smith-Floyd761/
Smith Floyd761/
Smidfelt6718/
Smith-Fullwood671/
Smedfeldt631/
Smith-Vallade521/

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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 Smithfield
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