Surname statistics for Smithson

There are approximately 5,477 people named Smithson in the UK. That makes it the 1,908th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 87 are named Smithson.

Frequency Comparisons
TotalRankFrequency %Per million people
Great Britain
United Kingdom (current)54771908N/A87
United Kingdom (1881 census)287115620.0196
Change since 1881+2606-346-0.001-9
Other Countries
United States68054763N/A25
Australia3814165N/A23

Top male forenames

Mark Smithson
John Smithson
Michael Smithson
Peter Smithson
Robert Smithson
David Smithson
Paul Smithson
Anthony Smithson
Richard Smithson
Andrew Smithson
Stephen Smithson
James Smithson
Ian Smithson
Simon Smithson
Martin Smithson
Edward Smithson
Matthew Smithson
Daniel Smithson
Benjamin Smithson
Kevin Smithson

Top female forenames

Susan Smithson
Helen Smithson
Jane Smithson
Joanne Smithson
Sarah Smithson
Sally Smithson
Christine Smithson
Mary Smithson
Rosemary Smithson
Lynne Smithson
Karen Smithson
Amanda Smithson
Josephine Smithson
Joan Smithson
Jennifer Smithson
Katherine Smithson
Ann Smithson
Tracy Smithson
Maria Smithson
Glenys Smithson

Notes

  • Total is the total number of people with that surname.
  • Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
  • Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
  • Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

All of these are approximate figures, and the current figures especially so. The 1881 census figures are correct for what was recorded on the census, but we don't really know how accurate it was. At least, though the 1881 figures won't change, as it's a snapshot of a point in time. The current figures, by contrast, are variable according to births, deaths, migration and marriages, so the values shown here are only a best approximation to whatever was the case when the underlying data was collated and will not be the same as whatever the values are right now.

'N/A' indicates that we don't have data for this name in that country or time (usually because it's quite uncommon there and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one there with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the UK as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.