How Many People Have the Last Name Smith?
people had the surname Smith in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 121 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+66,771 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Smith (70.9%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 23.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Of all the surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Smith has the most people. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 73.4% to 70.9%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Smith grew from 2,376,206 people in 2000 to 2,442,977 in 2010 (up 2.8%), and its rank stayed #1. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 880.85 to 828.19 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 2,376,206 | 2,442,977 |
| Rank | #1 | #1 |
| Per 100,000 people | 880.85 | 828.19 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Smith
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Smith: S530
👤 Smith as a First Name
Smith is a first name too: about 3,510 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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