How common is the surname Smithers?

3,493 people in the United States had the surname Smithers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,390 Americans. It ranked 9,320th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Smithers?

William Smithers, American actor, followed by Jan Smithers.

Where is the surname Smithers most common?

Wikidata records people named Smithers in the United States.

How do you pronounce Smithers?

Smithers is /ˈsmɪðɚz/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Smithers getting more or less common?

More common. 3,350 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,493 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Smithers

A surname, carried by 3,493 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈsmɪðɚz/ 2 syllables Soundex S536

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Smithers is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,493 people named Smithers in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,390 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,350.

#9,320

rank among US surnames

3,493

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #8,976)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,313	Barreras	3,496	88,314
#9,314	Elswick	3,495	88,339
#9,319	Maughan	3,494	88,364
#9,320	Niehaus	3,493	88,390
#9,328	Klimek	3,492	88,415

Who is named Smithers

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

79% of people named Smithers identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 79%
Black (not Hispanic) 15%
Two or more races 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Smitherss

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

William Smithers
American actor, 1927–2026
Jan Smithers
American actress, born 1949

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Smithers

Smithers 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 Smithers?: 3,493 people in the United States had the surname Smithers in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,390 Americans. It ranked 9,320th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Smithers?: In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Smithers identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Smithers?: William Smithers, American actor, followed by Jan Smithers.
Where is the surname Smithers most common?: Wikidata records people named Smithers in the United States.
How do you pronounce Smithers?: Smithers is /ˈsmɪðɚz/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Smithers getting more or less common?: More common. 3,350 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,493 in 2010, up 4.3%.