I have never actually met anyone with the surname Smith, I’ve met a few MacDonalds and Trembleys, though. (In Ontario)
Emily-in-data on
you can literally trace migration patterns here – british roots dominating the north, spanish influence hugging the southwest, and french pockets still holding out in quebec and the maritimes. history in one map
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Pretty sure Li is number one in Canada, but it’s split between Li and Lee, so Smith comes up the middle.
The USA & Canada both have a wide variety of surnames in their databases as a result of shared histories with British settler colonialism and subsequent mass immigration from around the world. Unsurprisingly, Smith is the most common surname in the US and Canada but here are the most common surnames in both countries.
**USA:**
1. Smith (2.5 million) – English origin
2. Johnson (2 million) – English origin
3. Williams (1.6 million) – Welsh origin
4. Brown (1.5 million) – English origin
5. Jones (1.4 million) – Welsh origin
6. Garcia (1.2 million) – Spanish origin
7. Miller (1.1 million) – English origin
8. Rodriguez (1.09 million) – Spanish origin
9. Martinez (1.06 million) – Spanish origin
10. Hernandez (1.04 million) – Spanish origin
**Canada:**
1. Smith (192k) – English origin
2. Brown (109k) – English origin
3. Tremblay (107k) – French origin
4. Martin (92k) – English & French origin
5. Roy (90k) – French origin
6. Gagnon (85k) – French origin
7. Lee (83k) – English & Chinese origin
8. Wilson (82k) – Scottish origin
9. Johnson (79k) – English origin
10. MacDonald (78k) – Scottish origin
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IIRC like 4/10 of the most common last names in Manitoba are due to Mennonite influence
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Nova Scotian here, MacDonald is a pretty common surname.
Although my region has probably an equal amount of Leblancs
Jaxxlack on
Wait isn’t the biggest ancestory German in the US. Lol why is it smith not schmeid
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These colours are a bit hard. At first I thought Williams was somehow common in Quebec! I don’t know much about map colouring (except the graph theoretic problem!) so I’m not sure how to make it clearer that there are different reds at a glance.
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Ah. So this is why California and Texas teamed up in that Civil War movie: the Garcias were uniting.
04221970 on
So cool that echos of the Acadian expulsion is still seen in Louisiana.
SituationalRambo on
Manitoba makes sense, i would be Friesen too out there cuz its cold!
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All the Smiths fuckin their cousins man
Okay4531 on
I have literally never met a Smith in my whole damn life.Â
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Where did you get your info for NM?
nim_opet on
I don’t know where these Smith’s are. I just opened my work address book. Among ~4000 employees, there’s only 4 of them.
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Manitoba being the goofy one, as per.
I have never actually met anyone with the surname Smith, I’ve met a few MacDonalds and Trembleys, though. (In Ontario)
you can literally trace migration patterns here – british roots dominating the north, spanish influence hugging the southwest, and french pockets still holding out in quebec and the maritimes. history in one map
Pretty sure Li is number one in Canada, but it’s split between Li and Lee, so Smith comes up the middle.
Newfoundland and Labrador for the win. POWER!
[https://www.ancestry.com/c/ancestry-blog/whats-the-most-popular-surname-in-your-state](https://www.ancestry.com/c/ancestry-blog/whats-the-most-popular-surname-in-your-state) – USA
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_most_common_surnames_in_North_American_countries#By_province](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_most_common_surnames_in_North_American_countries#By_province) – Canada
The USA & Canada both have a wide variety of surnames in their databases as a result of shared histories with British settler colonialism and subsequent mass immigration from around the world. Unsurprisingly, Smith is the most common surname in the US and Canada but here are the most common surnames in both countries.
**USA:**
1. Smith (2.5 million) – English origin
2. Johnson (2 million) – English origin
3. Williams (1.6 million) – Welsh origin
4. Brown (1.5 million) – English origin
5. Jones (1.4 million) – Welsh origin
6. Garcia (1.2 million) – Spanish origin
7. Miller (1.1 million) – English origin
8. Rodriguez (1.09 million) – Spanish origin
9. Martinez (1.06 million) – Spanish origin
10. Hernandez (1.04 million) – Spanish origin
**Canada:**
1. Smith (192k) – English origin
2. Brown (109k) – English origin
3. Tremblay (107k) – French origin
4. Martin (92k) – English & French origin
5. Roy (90k) – French origin
6. Gagnon (85k) – French origin
7. Lee (83k) – English & Chinese origin
8. Wilson (82k) – Scottish origin
9. Johnson (79k) – English origin
10. MacDonald (78k) – Scottish origin
IIRC like 4/10 of the most common last names in Manitoba are due to Mennonite influence
Nova Scotian here, MacDonald is a pretty common surname.
Although my region has probably an equal amount of Leblancs
Wait isn’t the biggest ancestory German in the US. Lol why is it smith not schmeid
These colours are a bit hard. At first I thought Williams was somehow common in Quebec! I don’t know much about map colouring (except the graph theoretic problem!) so I’m not sure how to make it clearer that there are different reds at a glance.
Ah. So this is why California and Texas teamed up in that Civil War movie: the Garcias were uniting.
So cool that echos of the Acadian expulsion is still seen in Louisiana.
Manitoba makes sense, i would be Friesen too out there cuz its cold!
All the Smiths fuckin their cousins man
I have literally never met a Smith in my whole damn life.Â
Where did you get your info for NM?
I don’t know where these Smith’s are. I just opened my work address book. Among ~4000 employees, there’s only 4 of them.