Last Name SMYTH

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Meaning The smith. Common to every village in England, north, south, east, and west. The 'y' in Smyth is the almost invariable spelling in early rolls.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 3,522 (2000 US census) 4,106 (1990 US census)
Count 9,268 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 93.14%, or 8632 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.81%, or 260 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.47%, or 44 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.32%, or 30 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.18%, or 109 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 2.08%, or 193 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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