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    The surname Smalls

    A surname, carried by 12,435 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex S542

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Smalls is more common than 98.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,435 people named Smalls in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,829 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,897.

    #2,888
    rank among US surnames
    12,435
    people in 2010
    4.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +14.1%
    change since 2000 (was #3,049)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,879Dong12,46624,767
    #2,880McCurdy12,46324,773
    #2,881Bertrand12,46124,777
    #2,882Spann12,45724,785
    #2,883Cooney12,45524,789
    #2,885Berrios12,45124,797
    #2,886Zelaya12,44824,803

    Who is named Smalls

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

    90% of people named Smalls identified as Black (not Hispanic), 3.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 90%
    • White (not Hispanic) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Smallss

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Robert Smalls
      American politician and former slave (1839-1915)
    • Chris Smalls
      American labor organizer, born 1988
    • Susan Smith
      American murderer, born 1971

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Smalls

    Smalls has the Soundex code S542, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S542.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Smalls?
    12,435 people in the United States had the surname Smalls in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,829 Americans. It ranked 2,888th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Smalls?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Smalls identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Smalls?
    Robert Smalls, American politician and former slave (1839-1915), followed by Chris Smalls.
    Where is the surname Smalls most common?
    Wikidata records people named Smalls in the United States.
    Is the surname Smalls getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,897 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,435 in 2010, up 14%.