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Is Smith a Male or Female Name?

Smith is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Smith globally is 81.9% males and 18.1% females. The country with the highest male ratio is India with 96.9% and the country with the highest female ratio is United States with 30.0%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Smith in percentages: Globally: 81.9% males, 18.1% females, United States: 70.0% males, 30.0% females, Nigeria: 77.5% males, 22.5% females, United Kingdom: 81.7% males, 18.3% females, Colombia: 71.2% males, 28.8% females, Peru: 93.5% males, 6.5% females, India: 96.9% males, 3.1% females, France: 87.7% males, 12.3% females, South Africa: 84.9% males, 15.1% females, Canada: 84.3% males, 15.7% females, China: 83.7% males, 16.3% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Smith are 55-64 years old, making up 23.8% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 25-34.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Smith in each age group: 18-24: 16.2%, 25-34: 11.0%, 35-44: 17.5%, 45-54: 17.0%, 55-64: 23.8%, 65+: 14.5%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Smith is Nigeria with 0.0326% of the population. Following is Ghana and Peru.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Smith measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Smith year over year: 1956: 0.0038‰, 1957: 0.0087‰, 1958: 0.0077‰, 1959: 0.0041‰, 1960: 0.0119‰, 1961: 0.0044‰, 1962: 0.0063‰, 1963: 0.0052‰, 1964: 0.0072‰, 1965: 0.0107‰, 1966: 0.0073‰, 1967: 0.0047‰, 1968: 0.0046‰, 1969: 0.0045‰, 1970: 0.0072‰, 1971: 0.0036‰, 1972: 0.0047‰, 1973: 0.0034‰, 1974: 0.0035‰, 1975: 0.0056‰, 1976: 0.0038‰, 1977: 0.0054‰, 1978: 0.0044‰, 1979: 0.0047‰, 1980: 0.0068‰, 1981: 0.0045‰, 1982: 0.005‰, 1983: 0.0044‰, 1984: 0.0051‰, 1985: 0.0055‰, 1986: 0.0046‰, 1987: 0.0042‰, 1988: 0.0044‰, 1989: 0.0038‰, 1990: 0.0041‰, 1991: 0.0027‰, 1992: 0.0036‰, 1993: 0.0027‰, 1994: 0.0023‰, 1995: 0.0014‰, 1996: 0.0019‰, 1997: 0.0014‰, 1998: 0.0024‰, 1999: 0.003‰, 2000: 0.0038‰, 2001: 0.0121‰

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