View the most partisan surnames in The United States

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

The surname Smiths is found in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Smiths? ^{popularity and diffusion}

It is the 674,066^th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 16,450,442 people. Smiths occurs mostly in The Americas, where 55 percent of Smiths live; 51 percent live in North America and 50 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,662,754^th most commonly occurring first name globally It is held by 38 people.

The surname is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 184 people, or 1 in 1,969,886. In The United States Smiths is primarily concentrated in: California, where 20 percent live, Texas, where 11 percent live and New York, where 10 percent live. Apart from The United States Smiths is found in 47 countries. It is also common in England, where 17 percent live and Canada, where 9 percent live.

Smiths Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The occurrence of Smiths has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Smiths surname declined 21 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 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 Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the political 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.