Nesmith

Nesmith is the 5,122nd most common surname in the United States, shared by 6,611 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 45,200.

By the numbers

People: 6,611
Rank: 5,122nd
How common: 1 in 45,200
Per 100,000: 2.2

Where the name comes from

Origin Middle English, from an occupational name

Occupational surname for a maker of knives or nails, from Middle English knyf (“knife”) or nayl (“nail”) + smith.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Nesmith described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 48.5%
Black, not Hispanic 41.2%
Hispanic or Latino 4.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.5%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Nesmith

Michael Nesmith (1942–2021)American musician, songwriter, actor
Bette Nesmith Graham (1924–1980)Inventor, businesswoman
Aaron Nesmith (born 1999)American basketball player

People named Nesmith with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Nesmith

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.