How common is the surname Smyth?

9,470 people in the United States had the surname Smyth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,602 Americans. It ranked 3,741st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Smyth?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Smyth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Smyth?

Charles Piazzi Smyth, British astronomer (1817-1900), followed by Patty Smyth.

Where is the surname Smyth most common?

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

Is the surname Smyth getting more or less common?

More common. 9,268 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,470 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Smyth

An English occupational surname, carried by 9,470 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S530

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Smyth is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

Variant of Smith, from Middle English Smyth.

Smyth is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,470 people named Smyth in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,602 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,268.

#3,741

rank among US surnames

9,470

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,522)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,732	Scroggins	9,495	32,517
#3,733	Packard	9,494	32,520
#3,734	Antoine	9,493	32,523
#3,735	Wicks	9,489	32,537
#3,736	Kunkel	9,488	32,541
#3,737	Guest	9,483	32,558
#3,738	Vaught	9,476	32,582

Who is named Smyth

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

92% of people named Smyth identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Smyths

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Charles Piazzi Smyth
British astronomer (1817-1900)
Patty Smyth
American singer, born 1957
Randy Smyth
American Olympic Sailor, born 1954
Herbert Weir Smyth
American classical scholar (1857–1937)
Phil Smyth
Australian basketball player (born 1958)
Henry Augustus Smyth
British Army general (1825–1906)

Notable Smyths come mostly from the United States (3), the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Smyth

Smyth has the Soundex code S530, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S530.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Smyth come from?: Variant of Smith, from Middle English Smyth.
How common is the surname Smyth?: 9,470 people in the United States had the surname Smyth in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,602 Americans. It ranked 3,741st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Smyth?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Smyth identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Smyth?: Charles Piazzi Smyth, British astronomer (1817-1900), followed by Patty Smyth.
Where is the surname Smyth most common?: Wikidata records people named Smyth in the United States, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Australia.
What type of surname is Smyth?: Smyth is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Smyth getting more or less common?: More common. 9,268 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,470 in 2010, up 2.2%.