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    The surname Smiles

    A patronymic surname, carried by 511 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). Smiles is more common than 73.8% of them.

    Origin

    Two main origins: * Scottish patronymic surname from Small. * English topographic surname for someone who lived near a rabbit warren, from the plural of Old English smygel (“burrow”).

    Smiles is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 511 people named Smiles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 604,199 Americans. That is down 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 548.

    #42,455
    rank among US surnames
    511
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #38,035)

    Who is named Smiles

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

    67% of people named Smiles identified as white (not Hispanic), 24% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 67%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 24%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.3%
    • Two or more races 3.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Smiles

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Smiles come from?
    Two main origins: * Scottish patronymic surname from Small. * English topographic surname for someone who lived near a rabbit warren, from the plural of Old English smygel (“burrow”).
    How common is the surname Smiles?
    511 people in the United States had the surname Smiles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 604,199 Americans. It ranked 42,455th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Smiles?
    In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Smiles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 24% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Smiles?
    Smiles is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Smiles getting more or less common?
    Less common. 548 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 511 in 2010, down 6.8%.