as a Last Name
- 7,415
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Nesmith
Meaning & Origins
Scottish and English: occupational name for a maker of knives or of nails, from Middle English knyf ‘knife’ or nayl ‘nail’ + smith (see Smith).
| 4,768th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 7,415
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Nesmith per capita
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