# Smithey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/smithey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Middle English [in turn from Old Norse].

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,544 |
| US rank (2010) | 12,231 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 121,362 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (2,287 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Smithee |

## Etymology

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a forge, from Middle English smythy, itself from Old Norse smiðja (“forge”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Smithey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Similar surnames

Smith, Smyth, Smythe, Smit, Smidt, Smiddy, Schmidt, Schmitt, Sneed, Schmid, Snead, Smoot.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.