Last Name SMITHIES

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	124,872 (2000 US census)

Count	127 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

89.76%, or 114 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as black,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
0%, or 0 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
10.24%, or 13 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Ukrainian middle names

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