How common is the surname Smart?

25,528 people in the United States had the surname Smart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,094 Americans. It ranked 1,388th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Smart?

Amy Smart, American actress, followed by Elizabeth Smart.

Where is the surname Smart most common?

Wikidata records people named Smart in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

Is the surname Smart getting more or less common?

More common. 24,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,528 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Smart

A surname, carried by 25,528 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S563

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Smart is more common than 99.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 25,528 people named Smart in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 12,094 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 24,114.

#1,388

rank among US surnames

25,528

people in 2010

8.7

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,344)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,379	Shafer	25,641	12,041
#1,380	Weston	25,637	12,043
#1,381	Xu	25,622	12,050
#1,382	Plummer	25,596	12,062
#1,383	Michel	25,578	12,071
#1,384	Paz	25,574	12,073
#1,385	Yanez	25,563	12,078

Who is named Smart

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

73% of people named Smart identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 20%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Smarts

11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Amy Smart
American actress, born 1976
Elizabeth Smart
American activist, born 1987
J. J. C. Smart
Australian philosopher and academic (1920–2012)
Ninian Smart
British academic (1927-2001)
Keith Smart
American basketball player and coach, born 1964
Hilary Smart
American sailor, 1925–2000
Donald Smart
Australian field hockey player, born 1942
Paul Smart
American sailor (1892–1979)
Javonte Smart
American basketball player (born 1999)
Jeffrey Smart
Australian artist known for his modernist depictions of urban landscapes (1921-2013)
Jimmy Wopo
American rapper (1997-2018)

Notable Smarts come mostly from the United States (7), the United Kingdom (2) and Australia (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Smart

Smart has the Soundex code S563, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S563.

Questions

How common is the surname Smart?: 25,528 people in the United States had the surname Smart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 12,094 Americans. It ranked 1,388th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Smart?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Smart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Smart?: Amy Smart, American actress, followed by Elizabeth Smart.
Where is the surname Smart most common?: Wikidata records people named Smart in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
Is the surname Smart getting more or less common?: More common. 24,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 25,528 in 2010, up 5.9%.