Surname Checker / Smith
How Common Is the Last Name Smith?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Smith today
2,704,922
Ranked #1 of 162,254 published surnames · 828.19 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 2,442,977 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
70.9%
Black
23.11%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.5%
Hispanic
2.4%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.