How common is the surname Smoak?

2,642 people in the United States had the surname Smoak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,861 Americans. It ranked 11,846th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Smoak?

Justin Smoak, American baseball player.

Where is the surname Smoak most common?

Wikidata records people named Smoak in the United States.

Is the surname Smoak getting more or less common?

More common. 2,623 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,642 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Smoak

A surname, carried by 2,642 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Smoak is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

English surname, possibly a variant of Smock.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,642 people named Smoak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,861 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,623.

#11,846

rank among US surnames

2,642

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #11,105)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,839	Begin	2,644	116,772
#11,843	Demuth	2,643	116,816
#11,846	Nordin	2,642	116,861

Who is named Smoak

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

85% of people named Smoak identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 12%
Two or more races 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Smoaks

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Justin Smoak
American baseball player, born 1986

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Smoak

Smoak has the Soundex code S520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S520.

Questions

Where does the surname Smoak come from?: English surname, possibly a variant of Smock.
How common is the surname Smoak?: 2,642 people in the United States had the surname Smoak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,861 Americans. It ranked 11,846th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Smoak?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Smoak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Smoak?: Justin Smoak, American baseball player.
Where is the surname Smoak most common?: Wikidata records people named Smoak in the United States.
Is the surname Smoak getting more or less common?: More common. 2,623 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,642 in 2010, up 0.7%.