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    The surname Smithwick

    A surname, carried by 1,791 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S532

    Smithwick: #16,150 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Smithwick #16,150, 1,791 people Smithwick: #16,150 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Smithwick #16,150, 1,791 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Smithwick is more common than 90% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,791 people named Smithwick in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 172,387 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,729.

    #16,150
    rank among US surnames
    1,791
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #15,530)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,147Zertuche1,792172,291
    #16,150Zeitler1,791172,387
    #16,157Besser1,790172,484

    Who is named Smithwick

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

    81% of people named Smithwick identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 81%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.9%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Smithwick

    Smithwick has the Soundex code S532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S532.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Smithwick?
    1,791 people in the United States had the surname Smithwick in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 172,387 Americans. It ranked 16,150th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Smithwick?
    In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Smithwick identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Smithwick getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,729 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,791 in 2010, up 3.6%.