# Smyth (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,470 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,741 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 32,602 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.2% (9,268 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Smith, from Middle English Smyth.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Smyth 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) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Smyth in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.

## People named Smyth

- Charles Piazzi Smyth, British astronomer (1817-1900)
- Patty Smyth, American singer
- Randy Smyth, American Olympic Sailor
- Herbert Weir Smyth, American classical scholar (1857–1937)
- Phil Smyth, Australian basketball player (born 1958)
- Henry Augustus Smyth, British Army general (1825–1906)

## Similar surnames

Smith, Smythe, Smithey, Smit, Schmidt, Schmitt, Sneed, Schmid, Snead, Smoot, Santoyo, Shumate.

## 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.