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Smith

in California

There are 126,795 people with the last name "Smith" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Smith 4
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  1. is 1st most common Garcia
  2. is 2nd most common Hernandez
  3. is 3rd most common Lopez
  4. is 4th most common Smith
  5. is 5th most common Martinez
  6. is 6th most common Rodriguez
  7. is 7th most common Gonzalez
  8. is 8th most common Johnson
  9. is 9th most common Lee

Similar Names and Nicknames

Smithson, Smyth, Smit, Smithers, Smitherman, Smithey, Smythe, Smits, Smithwick, Smither

Most Common First Names for Smith

Robert, Michael, James, David, Mary, Richard, William, John, Linda, Patricia

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Meaning & History

English: occupational name for a worker in metal, from Middle English smith (Old English smið, probably a derivative of smītan ‘to strike, hammer’). Metalworking was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required, and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents were perhaps the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes, plowshares, and other domestic articles, but above all for their skill in forging swords, other weapons, and armor. This is the most frequent of all American surnames; it has also absorbed, by assimilation and translation, cognates and equivalents from many other languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988).

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