Explore the Family Name Shoesmith

The meaning of Shoesmith

English: occupational name for a blacksmith who either specialized in shoeing horses (a farrier) or in making and fitting iron blades known as shoes, such as the tips of spades and the plowshares on plow moldboards, from Middle English sho ‘shoe’ (Old English scōh) + smith ‘smith’ (Old English smith).

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How common is the last name Shoesmith in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Shoesmith has slightly declined between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 60,706 in terms of frequency, but by 2010, it had slipped to a rank of 64,891. This represents a popularity reduction of 6.89%. The count of individuals with this surname also decreased marginally from 310 in 2000 to 306 in 2010, representing a modest drop of 1.29%. The proportion per 100,000 people with this last name also fell slightly from 0.11 to 0.1.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#60,706	#64,891	-6.89%
Count	310	306	-1.29%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.1	-9.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Shoesmith

The ethnicity associated with the Shoesmith surname has seen some shifts according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. The largest ethnic group associated with the Shoesmith surname is White, comprising 98.39% in 2000 and 95.10% in 2010, showing a slight decrease of 3.34%. There was no recorded Asian/Pacific Islander, Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity associated with the Shoesmith name in either census year. However, there was an emergence of Hispanic ethnicity and Two or more races category in 2010, with 2.61% and 1.96% respectively.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.39%	95.1%	-3.34%
Hispanic	0%	2.61%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	1.96%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%