Smyth

Smyth is the 3,507th most common surname in the United States, shared by 9,912 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 30,200.

By the numbers

People: 9,912
Rank: 3,507th
How common: 1 in 30,200
Per 100,000: 3.3

Where the name comes from

Origin an occupational name

Variant of Smith, from Middle English Smyth.

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

Who bears the name

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

White, not Hispanic 87.5%
Hispanic or Latino 4.7%
Black, not Hispanic 3.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.1%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 1.0%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Smyth

Ethel Smyth (1858–1944)English composer and suffragette
Charles Piazzi Smyth (1817–1900)British astronomer
Ryan Smyth (born 1976)Canadian ice hockey player
John Smyth (1570–1612)English minister
William Henry Smyth (1788–1865)English naval officer and hydrographer
Patty Smyth (born 1957)American singer
Clare Smyth (born 1978)chef

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

Surnames like Smyth

Smythe

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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.