Śmîth

surname · Latin script

Śmîth is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Middle English smyth, smith, from Old English smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *smēy-, *smī- (“to cut, hew”).

rarermore common
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 108(inferred from the name graph)
  • IEIreland≈1 in 125
  • BGBulgaria≈1 in 130

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

2,442,977 people, 2010

#20 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

7 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
697 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 108 (inferred from the name graph)

United Kingdom, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

ŚmîthLatin(measured from records)
สุมิตรThai(measured from records)
СамитCyrillic(measured from records)
সুমিতBengali(measured from records)
ΣμιτGreek(measured from records)
스미스Hangul(measured from records)
სმითიGeorgian(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Smith in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 6 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Śmîth: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Śmîth
  1. Middle Englishsmyth(measured from records)
  2. Old Englishsmiþ(measured from records)
  3. Proto-Germanic*smiþaz(measured from records)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*smēy-“to cut“to cut, hew”(measured from records)

From Middle English smyth, smith, from Old English smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *smēy-, *smī- (“to cut, hew”). Cognate with Dutch smid, German Schmied, German Low German Smitt, Danish smed, Faroese smiður, Icelandic smiður, Norwegian Bokmål smed, Norwegian Nynorsk smed, Swedish smed, Yiddish שמיד (shmid).

Sources 6

  • Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…
  • Scottish Surnames
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary
  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Śmîth counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Śmîth is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#12,442,9771 in 1362.4MSmith697
GB United Kingdom#1≈610,000 est.≈1 in 10811KSmith463
CA Canada#1≈250,000 est.≈1 in 1493Smith393
EG Egypt#100≈240,000 est.≈1 in 434—Smith69
IT Italy#1≈210,000 est.≈1 in 2911Smith141
AU Australia#1≈190,000 est.≈1 in 1331Smith381
BG Bulgaria#62≈54,000 est.≈1 in 130—Smith66
IE Ireland#1≈41,000 est.≈1 in 125—Smith180
NZ New Zealand#1≈38,000 est.≈1 in 131—Smith224

2,442,977 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Śmîth under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Śmîth mean, and where does it come from?
From Middle English smyth, smith, from Old English smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *smēy-, *smī- (“to cut, hew”). Recorded by Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular… and Scottish Surnames and 4 other sources.
In which country does Śmîth have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 2.4 million people named Śmîth, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled smith.
How common is the name Śmîth?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,442,977 people named Śmîth in 2010, about 1 in 136 residents.
How common is Śmîth compared with other names?
In the United States, Śmîth is the most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Śmîth” — the most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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