How common is the surname Smelser?

2,415 people in the United States had the surname Smelser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,845 Americans. It ranked 12,775th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Smelser?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Smelser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Smelser?

Neil Smelser, American sociologist (1930–2017).

Where is the surname Smelser most common?

Wikidata records people named Smelser in the United States.

Is the surname Smelser getting more or less common?

More common. 2,403 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,415 in 2010, up 0.5%.

The surname Smelser

A surname, carried by 2,415 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S542

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Smelser is more common than 92.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,415 people named Smelser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 127,845 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,403.

#12,775

rank among US surnames

2,415

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+0.5%

change since 2000 (was #11,931)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,766	Stalter	2,417	127,739
#12,772	Stiner	2,416	127,792
#12,775	Hennig	2,415	127,845
#12,782	Garibaldi	2,414	127,898

Who is named Smelser

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

94% of people named Smelser identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Smelsers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Neil Smelser
American sociologist (1930–2017)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Smelser

Smelser 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 Smelser?: 2,415 people in the United States had the surname Smelser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 127,845 Americans. It ranked 12,775th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Smelser?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Smelser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Smelser?: Neil Smelser, American sociologist (1930–2017).
Where is the surname Smelser most common?: Wikidata records people named Smelser in the United States.
Is the surname Smelser getting more or less common?: More common. 2,403 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,415 in 2010, up 0.5%.