SMITH is ranked as the 1st most popular family name in the United States with an
estimated population of 2,627,141.
This name is in the 100th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the last names are more popular.
There are 823.92 people named SMITH for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a last name, 100% of the time.
Based on US Census Bureau data the estimated population of people named SMITH is
2,806,195, the rank is 1
and the proportion per 100k Americans named SMITH is 880.85.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
SMITH is
73.3% White,
1.6% Hispanic origin,
22.2% Black,
0.4% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.6% Two or More Races,
and 0.8% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name SMITH have a higher likelyhood of being Black and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name SMITH is included in the following name categories:
Not Categorized
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name SMITH
The state with the most people named
SMITH is
Texas where
229,892 people have this name.
Mississippi is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named SMITH, as
1623.68 in every 100,000
Mississippians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
100th, this rank was reached in the states of
Wyoming.
Mississippi is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
North Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name SMITH
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
86,275
669.81
100.0%
Indiana
66,801
1012.62
100.0%
Iowa
23,407
753.34
100.0%
Kansas
26,638
917.29
100.0%
Michigan
88,428
892.32
100.0%
Minnesota
25,665
470.31
100.0%
Missouri
48,614
1623.68
100.0%
Nebraska
12,168
646.71
100.0%
North Dakota
2,919
394.74
100.0%
Ohio
109,271
942.47
100.0%
South Dakota
4,130
484.02
100.0%
Wisconsin
27,822
483.22
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name SMITH
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
5,399
732.89
100.0%
Arizona
46,399
689.28
100.0%
California
208,319
536.87
100.0%
Colorado
39,236
732.58
100.0%
Hawaii
6,713
472.89
100.0%
Idaho
14,624
894.73
100.0%
Montana
7,774
759.48
100.0%
Nevada
19,021
669.97
100.0%
New Mexico
13,504
647.49
100.0%
Oregon
33,031
831.97
100.0%
Utah
28,265
960.44
100.0%
Washington
57,005
807.26
100.0%
Wyoming
4,812
823.7
100.0%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name SMITH
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have SMITH as a last name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named SMITH.
The most popular full name is James SMITH.
1.66% of all the people named SMITH
have this given name.
There are 21949 first
names associated with this last name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name SMITH