How common is the surname Smythe?

4,379 people in the United States had the surname Smythe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,506 Americans. It ranked 7,591st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Smythe?

Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford, Anglo-Irish diplomat (1780-1855), followed by Pat Smythe.

Where is the surname Smythe most common?

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

How do you pronounce Smythe?

Smythe is /smɪθ/, one syllable.

Is the surname Smythe getting more or less common?

More common. 4,314 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,379 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Smythe

An occupational surname, carried by 4,379 people in the United States.

Pronounced /smɪθ/ 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). Smythe is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

Variant of Smith.

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

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,379 people named Smythe in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,506 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,314.

#7,591

rank among US surnames

4,379

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #7,142)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,584	Wilfong	4,382	70,458
#7,585	Eidson	4,381	70,474
#7,589	Curcio	4,380	70,490
#7,591	Simmonds	4,379	70,506
#7,593	Sartin	4,377	70,538
#7,595	Claypool	4,376	70,554

Who is named Smythe

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

82% of people named Smythe identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 3.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Smythes

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Smythes come mostly from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Smythe

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

Questions

Where does the surname Smythe come from?: Variant of Smith.
How common is the surname Smythe?: 4,379 people in the United States had the surname Smythe in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,506 Americans. It ranked 7,591st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Smythe?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Smythe identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Smythe?: Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford, Anglo-Irish diplomat (1780-1855), followed by Pat Smythe.
Where is the surname Smythe most common?: Wikidata records people named Smythe in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Smythe?: Smythe is /smɪθ/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Smythe?: Smythe is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Smythe getting more or less common?: More common. 4,314 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,379 in 2010, up 1.5%.