Why are there so many Smiths in America? Part 1

How did Smith become the most common surname in America? We'll trace the history of Smith beginning with its Anglo Saxon origins in the British Isles.

Sources:

Websites

https://www.census.gov/en.html

https://immigrationtounitedstates.org/393-british-immigrants.html

https://www.libraryireland.com/names/s/smist.php

https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Agincourt

http://www.agincourt600.com/ 

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oliver-Cromwell  

https://www.houseofnames.com/smith-family-crest/Irish

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/names-common-surname-ancestry-smith-outsiders-a8965056.html

Books

Arthur, W. (1857). An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. Sheldon, Blakeman, & Company.

The Smith family : being a popular account of most branches of the name--however spelt-- from the fourteenth century downwards, with numerous pedigrees now published for the first time. (1904). E. Stock.




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