# Smothers (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,444 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,756 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,476 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.5% (7,125 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Smothers 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) | 68% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Smothers in the United States.

## People named Smothers

- Dick Smothers, American comedian, musician, and racing driver
- Tom Smothers, American comedian, musician and TV presenter (1937–2023)
- Tracy Smothers, American professional wrestler (1962-2020)

## Similar surnames

Smithers, Smathers, Smitherman, Smotherman, Sumter, Smither, Sanders, Snyder, Schneider, Saunders, Snider, Sanderson.

## 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.