Smïth

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Smïth is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Gabon 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
  • USUnited States1 in 136(measured from records)
  • ARArgentina1 in 12K
  • GYGuyana1 in 194

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

2,442,977 people, 2010

#770 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

Sources
393 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 136 (inferred from the name graph)

United States

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Smith in US United States, AR Argentina, ES Spain and 1 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 Smïth: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Smïth
  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 21 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Smïth 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 Smïth is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#3122,442,9771 in 1362.4MSmith393
ES Spain—4,6971 in 11K4.7KSmith110
NO Norway—4,0221 in 1.4K4K—20
GY Guyana—3,8701 in 1943.9K——
AR Argentina#4833,7331 in 12K3.7KSmith122
CR Costa Rica—2,4521 in 2.1K2.5K—86
DK Denmark—1,9691 in 3K2K——
GA Gabon#1——6Smith35

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; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; Ministere de l'Interieur — 2025 candidate lists (local + legislative); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Smïth is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate surname14 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Italy

    Also written Smith, S̶̳̳̿̿m̳̿i̳̿t̳̿h̳̿, Smìth, Šmith, S̶m̶i̶t̶h̶

  • Hindi surname23 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, India, Canada

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu, Bangla

    Also written Smith, Sumith, সমিথ, Smîth, স্মিথ

  • Hungarian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, United States, United Kingdom, Canada

    Also written Smith, Smíťh, Smíth

  • Indonesian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Smith, Šmîth

4 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Smïth 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 Smïth 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 Smïth have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 2.4 million people named Smïth, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled smith.
Where is Smïth most common?
Smïth is densest in the United States, where the national register counts about 1 in 136 people carrying it.
How common is the name Smïth?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,442,977 people named Smïth in 2010, about 1 in 136 residents.
How common is Smïth compared with other names?
In the United States, Smïth is the 312th 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, “Smïth” — the 312th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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