Smythie Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Smythie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Smythie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland31:1,247,73924,719
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Smythie (6) may also be a first name.

Smythie Last Name Facts

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

The surname Smythie occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Smythie? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,193,072nd most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 60 percent of Smythie are found; 40 percent are found in North America and 40 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 4,967,096th most commonly occurring first name worldwide. It is borne by 6 people.

This surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Smythie is most prevalent in: Michigan, where 100 percent live. Barring The United States it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Jamaica, where 20 percent live and Portugal, where 20 percent live.

Smythie Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Smythie has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Smythie last name fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Smythies9359/
Smythe9215,638/
Smithie86126/
Smethie8641/
Smyther863/
Smythee863/
Smythez862/
Smoythe861/
Smythes861/
Smysthe861/
Smythey860/
Smydthe860/
Smyte8329/
Smithies802,209/
Smythech801/
Smithe771,068/
Smithi7746/
Smythy7711/
Smyhte775/
Smytha773/
Smyter772/
Smytih771/
Smethe771/
Shmyte771/
Smithey713,031/
Smither712,620/
Smithee711,056/
Smitthi71132/
Smittie71127/
Smithes7150/
Smithet7133/
Smithii7111/
Smithye715/
Smeethe714/
Smithea714/
Smithit714/
Smether714/
Smithis713/
Smyster712/
Smithji711/
Smitiey711/
Smayter711/
Shmithe711/
Smettie710/
Smithed710/
Smityth710/
Smithae710/
Smite673,544/
Smithett67264/
Smithuis67261/
Smiti67116/
Smithyes6753/
Smithjes6738/
Smeti6737/
Smithesh6710/
Smithjit678/
Smyta676/
Smete675/
Smitheth675/
Smithgee674/
Smitties673/
Schmithe672/
Shmydter672/
Smitther672/
Smitheey671/
Smithess671/
Smithyey671/
Smyty671/
Smithgae670/
Smoither670/
Smitheat670/
Smeather670/
Smithyer670/
Schmitie670/

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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 Smythie
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