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    The surname Smillie

    An English nickname surname, carried by 741 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S540

    Smillie: #31,285 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Smillie #31,285, 741 people Smillie: #31,285 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Smillie #31,285, 741 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Smillie is more common than 80.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From a derivative of Middle English smel (“smell”), hence a nickname for someone notorious for giving off a smell that was obnoxious even by medieval standards, or for someone who made great use of perfumes and pomanders.

    Smillie is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 741 people named Smillie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 416,661 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 713.

    #31,285
    rank among US surnames
    741
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #30,831)

    Who is named Smillie

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

    92% of people named Smillie identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Smillies

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • James David Smillie
      American painter and illustrator (1833-1909)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Smelley
    • Smellie

    Surnames that sound like Smillie

    Smillie has the Soundex code S540, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S540.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Smillie come from?
    From a derivative of Middle English smel (“smell”), hence a nickname for someone notorious for giving off a smell that was obnoxious even by medieval standards, or for someone who made great use of perfumes and pomanders.
    How common is the surname Smillie?
    741 people in the United States had the surname Smillie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 416,661 Americans. It ranked 31,285th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Smillie?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Smillie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Smillie?
    James David Smillie, American painter and illustrator (1833-1909).
    Where is the surname Smillie most common?
    Wikidata records people named Smillie in the United States.
    What type of surname is Smillie?
    Smillie is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Smillie getting more or less common?
    More common. 713 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 741 in 2010, up 3.9%.
    What are other spellings of Smillie?
    Smelley and Smellie.