How common is the surname Smitley?

1,104 people in the United States had the surname Smitley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,661 Americans. It ranked 23,120th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Smitley?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Smitley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Smitley getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,353 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,104 in 2010, down 18%.

The surname Smitley

A surname, carried by 1,104 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S534

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Smitley is more common than 85.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,104 people named Smitley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 279,661 Americans. That is down 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,353.

#23,120

rank among US surnames

1,104

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-18.4%

change since 2000 (was #18,748)

Who is named Smitley

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

95% of people named Smitley identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Smitley

Smedley

Smitley has the Soundex code S534, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S534.

Questions

How common is the surname Smitley?: 1,104 people in the United States had the surname Smitley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,661 Americans. It ranked 23,120th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Smitley?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Smitley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Smitley getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,353 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,104 in 2010, down 18%.