The surname Smotherman
A surname, carried by 2,490 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex S536
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,490 people named Smotherman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,994 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,356.
#12,467
rank among US surnames
2,490
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+5.7%
change since 2000 (was #12,139)
Who is named Smotherman
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
87% of people named Smotherman identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 87%
- Black (not Hispanic) 8.6%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Smotherman
Smotherman 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 Smotherman?
- 2,490 people in the United States had the surname Smotherman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,994 Americans. It ranked 12,467th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Smotherman?
- In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Smotherman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Smotherman getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,356 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,490 in 2010, up 5.7%.