How common is the surname Smidt?

1,865 people in the United States had the surname Smidt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,547 Americans. It ranked 15,658th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Smidt getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,420 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,865 in 2010, down 23%.

The surname Smidt

A surname, carried by 1,865 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Smidt is more common than 90.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,865 people named Smidt in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,547 Americans. That is down 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,420.

#15,658

rank among US surnames

1,865

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-22.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,851)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,651	Brunt	1,866	165,458
#15,658	Matzke	1,865	165,547
#15,663	Bert	1,864	165,636

Who is named Smidt

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

94% of people named Smidt identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Smidt

Smidt has the Soundex code S530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S530.

Questions

How common is the surname Smidt?: 1,865 people in the United States had the surname Smidt in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,547 Americans. It ranked 15,658th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Smidt?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Smidt identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Smidt getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,420 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,865 in 2010, down 23%.