# Smythe (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/smythe/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,379 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,591 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 70,506 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.5% (4,314 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /smɪθ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Smith.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Smythe 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 3.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Smythe in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.

## People named Smythe

- Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford, Anglo-Irish diplomat (1780-1855)
- Pat Smythe, British equestrian (1928-1996)

## Similar surnames

Smith, Smyth, Smithey, Schmidt, Schmitt, Sneed, Schmid, Snead, Smoot, Santoyo, Shumate, Sandhu.

## 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.