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    The surname Shoesmith

    An occupational surname, carried by 306 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S253

    Shoesmith: #64,891 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Shoesmith #64,891, 306 people Shoesmith: #64,891 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Shoesmith #64,891, 306 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shoesmith is more common than 60% of them.

    Origin

    From shoesmith, an occupational surname for a blacksmith who either specialized in shoeing horses or in making and fitting iron blades known as shoes.

    Shoesmith is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 306 people named Shoesmith in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,008,972 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 310.

    #64,891
    rank among US surnames
    306
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #60,706)

    Who is named Shoesmith

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Shoesmith identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Shucksmith

    Shoesmith has the Soundex code S253, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S253.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Shoesmith come from?
    From shoesmith, an occupational surname for a blacksmith who either specialized in shoeing horses or in making and fitting iron blades known as shoes.
    How common is the surname Shoesmith?
    306 people in the United States had the surname Shoesmith in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,008,972 Americans. It ranked 64,891st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Shoesmith?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shoesmith identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Shoesmith?
    Shoesmith is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Shoesmith getting more or less common?
    Less common. 310 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 306 in 2010, down 1.3%.
    What are other spellings of Shoesmith?
    Shucksmith.