Last Name SMITHER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: At the smithy, with suffix (perhaps patronymic) 's,' as in Brooks, Styles, etc. Smithers is a vulgar corruption. Also local, 'of Smethurst.' It seems almost certain that Smithers is more generally a corruption of Smethurst.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 18,239 (2000 US census) 10,423 (1990 US census)
Count 1,405 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 90.82%, or 1276 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 6.33%, or 89 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.42%, or 20 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.93%, or 13 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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