The surname Smither
A surname, carried by 1,509 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex S536
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,509 people named Smither in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,603 Americans. That is up 7.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,405.
#18,354
rank among US surnames
1,509
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+7.4%
change since 2000 (was #18,239)
Who is named Smither
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Smither identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 88%
- Black (not Hispanic) 8.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Smither
Smither has the Soundex code S536, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S536.
Questions
- How common is the surname Smither?
- 1,509 people in the United States had the surname Smither in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,603 Americans. It ranked 18,354th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Smither?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Smither identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Smither getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,405 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,509 in 2010, up 7.4%.