Smiths Surname

674,066th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 443 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Grenada

Smiths Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smiths Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1841:1,969,886126,972
England741:752,94741,527
Canada391:944,75971,777
Australia201:1,349,78570,688
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
Netherlands111:1,535,19878,311
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
China91:151,924,6187,954
Scotland81:669,22723,443
India81:95,883,173728,828
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
France31:22,140,907385,998
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Grenada11:108,5351,793
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England401:609,38430,680
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2331:215,53118,426

Smiths (38) may also be a first name.

Smiths Last Name Facts

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

The last name Smiths is found most in The United States. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Smiths.

How Common Is The Last Name Smiths? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 674,066th most common family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 16,450,442 people. Smiths is primarily found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Smiths reside; 51 percent reside in North America and 50 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,662,754th most commonly held forename internationally. It is borne by 38 people.

This last name is most frequently used in The United States, where it is carried by 184 people, or 1 in 1,969,886. In The United States it is most frequent in: California, where 20 percent are found, Texas, where 11 percent are found and New York, where 10 percent are found. Apart from The United States Smiths is found in 47 countries. It also occurs in England, where 17 percent are found and Canada, where 9 percent are found.

Smiths Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Smiths has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Smiths surname contracted 21 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 185 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Smiths Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Smiths surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Smiths earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 75.36% less than the national average, earning R 58,548 per year; in United States they earn 16.47% less than the national average, earning $36,042 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.32% more than the national average, earning $50,338 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smithcs921/
Smithss921/
Smits9139,842/
Schmiths861/
Smidts83521/
Smitch83133/
Shmits8373/
Smitts8343/
Smiets8315/
Smithz8314/
Smeths837/
Smithc836/
Smyths836/
Smithx834/
Smitzs830/
Smitzh830/
Smuits830/
Schmits77971/
Shmitts7734/
Shmidts776/
Smiedts772/
Smoitch771/
Scmitsz771/
Scmeits771/
Smythes771/
Smeeths771/
Smets7316,216/
Smids73815/
Smitz73624/
Smich73131/
Šmits7321/
Smyts7310/
Smitc732/
Schmidts71888/
Schmeits71525/
Schmitts7129/
Schmithz717/
Schmiets714/
Szmaites713/
Schmitch711/
Shchmits711/
Smeets6720,322/
Smedts671,264/
Smetts67107/
Szmich6768/
Shmitz6767/
Smeyts6734/
Szmitz6725/
Smeitz6723/
Shmyts6713/
Smaich678/
Smeich676/
Shmids674/
Smidtz673/
Shmets673/
Smidds671/
Smmich671/
Chmits671/
Smiche671/
Smittz671/
Smitze671/
Shmich671/
Shmitc671/
Smitdz670/
Schmidtch670/

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Smiths Reference & Research

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Smith Official (All) FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Smiths
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis