Distribution of the name 'Smith'
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Geographical distribution of the name 'Smith' in the UK
Statistics: Figures on the surname 'Smith'
In the UK there are 153.829 phone book entries with the surname Smith and approximately 669.917 persons with this name.
Thus, the surname Smith is the most frequent name in the UK.
People with this surname live in 71 counties. Most occurrences are in Greater London: 10.256.
Other counties with lots of occurrences are West Yorkshire (9.454), West Midlands (7.826), Lancashire (6.958), Kent (5.732), Central (5.528), Greater Manchester (5.381), Hereford and Worcester (4.919), Hampshire (4.736), as well as Essex (4.663).
The following surnames sound like Smith: Smyth, Shand, Smythe, Sandy, Snaith, Saint, Sandhu, Sound, Sant, Schmidt, Sinnott, Sinnett, Smout, Sennett, Sneath, Sneyd, Sand, Smeeth, Smeed, Smit, Snead, Synnott, Sainty, Simnett, Sammut, Saunt, Snoad, Schmid, Sunday, Snoddy.
The distribution of the name 'Smith' in other countries
Occurrence of the name Smith in the counties
| Greater London - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 10.256 persons |
| West Yorkshire - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 9.454 persons |
| West Midlands - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 7.826 persons |
| Lancashire - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 6.958 persons |
| Kent - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 5.732 persons |
| Central - The surname Smith is is the 2. most common name - 5.528 persons |
| Greater Manchester - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 5.381 persons |
| Hereford and Worcester - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 4.919 persons |
| Hampshire - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 4.736 persons |
| Essex - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 4.663 persons |
| Gloucestershire - The surname Smith is the most common name - 4.076 persons |
| Derbyshire - The surname Smith is the most common name - 4.061 persons |
| East Sussex - The surname Smith is the most common name - 3.677 persons |
| Surrey - The surname Smith is the most common name - 3.185 persons |
| North Yorkshire - The surname Smith is the most common name - 3.111 persons |
| Hertfordshire - The surname Smith is the most common name - 3.026 persons |
| Merseyside - The surname Smith is the 2. most common name - 2.851 persons |
| Suffolk - The surname Smith is the most common name - 2.741 persons |
| Cambridgeshire - The surname Smith is the most common name - 2.688 persons |
| Staffordshire - The surname Smith is the most common name - 2.687 persons |
| Cheshire - The surname Smith is the 2. most common name - 2.653 persons |
| Berkshire - The surname Smith is the most common name - 2.539 persons |
| Strathclyde - The surname Smith is the 3. most common name - 2.524 persons |
| Tayside - The surname Smith is the 2. most common name - 2.511 persons |
| Tyne and Wear - The surname Smith is the most common name - 2.500 persons |
| Dorset - The surname Smith is the most common name - 2.408 persons |
| Lincolnshire - The surname Smith is the most common name - 2.389 persons |
| Nottinghamshire - The surname Smith is the most common name - 2.305 persons |
| Lothian - The surname Smith is the 3. most common name - 2.251 persons |
| South Yorkshire - The surname Smith is the 2. most common name - 1.994 persons |
| Northamptonshire - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 1.984 persons |
| Northumberland - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 1.886 persons |
| Cleveland - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 1.844 persons |
| Wiltshire - The surname Smith is is the 2. most common name - 1.556 persons |
| Norfolk - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 1.526 persons |
| Bedfordshire - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 1.526 persons |
| Fife - The surname Smith is is the 5. most common name - 1.461 persons |
| Oxfordshire - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 1.403 persons |
| Warwickshire - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 1.395 persons |
| Clwyd - The surname Smith is is the 10. most common name - 1.302 persons |
| Gwent - The surname Smith is is the 8. most common name - 1.298 persons |
| Somerset - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 1.267 persons |
| Devon - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 1.233 persons |
| Shropshire - The surname Smith is is the 5. most common name - 1.137 persons |
| West Sussex - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 1.107 persons |
| Grampian - The surname Smith is is the 2. most common name - 1.099 persons |
| Durham - The surname Smith is is the 2. most common name - 1.092 persons |
| Buckinghamshire - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 729 persons |
| Dyfed - The surname Smith is is the 19. most common name - 708 persons |
| West Glamorgan - The surname Smith is is the 20. most common name - 707 persons |
| Isle of Wight - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 508 persons |
| Dumfries and Galloway - The surname Smith is is the 2. most common name - 472 persons |
| Leicestershire - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 410 persons |
| County Antrim - The surname Smith is is the 23. most common name - 362 persons |
| Highland - The surname Smith is is the 12. most common name - 344 persons |
| Gwynedd - The surname Smith is is the 19. most common name - 326 persons |
| Cumbria - The surname Smith is is the 3. most common name - 223 persons |
| Cornwall - The surname Smith is is the 10. most common name - 194 persons |
| Mid Glamorgan - The surname Smith is is the 12. most common name - 191 persons |
| Powys - The surname Smith is is the 18. most common name - 185 persons |
| County Down - The surname Smith is is the 36. most common name - 170 persons |
| Borders - The surname Smith is is the 5. most common name - 169 persons |
| Isle of Man - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 146 persons |
| Humberside - The surname Smith is is the most common name - 97 persons |
| Western Isles - The surname Smith is is the 13. most common name - 92 persons |
| Avon - The surname Smith is is the 10. most common name - 92 persons |
| South Glamorgan - The surname Smith is is the 15. most common name - 73 persons |
| County Tyrone - The surname Smith is is the 39. most common name - 60 persons |
| County Londonderry - The surname Smith is is the 139. most common name - 31 persons |
| Fermanagh - The surname Smith is is the 91. most common name - 26 persons |
| County Armagh - The surname Smith is is the 208. most common name - 3 persons |
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