| 词条 | Smithe |
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Smithe is a rare surname related to the common surname Smith. {{Infobox surname |name = Smithe|image = |image_size = |caption = |pronunciation = |meaning = |region = |languageorigin = |variant = Smith |footnotes = }} Among notable people sharing this surname is William Smithe. Other instances appear in genealogical resource searches, but associated with the general population.
EtymologyIn the mid-19th Century, a supposition was published that people may well alter a single letter in their 'Smith' surname for reasons of status or recognition; as Lower puts it, "...yet it would appear, from the addition and alteration of a letter, that some families are anxious to avoid the imputation of so plebeian an origin."[1] In the 1842 novel Zanoni, Lytton articulates a variation on this by suggesting people changing surname from 'Smith' to 'Smithe' may well be trying to increase the stature of their surname by approaching ever so slightly a purported surname of the god Apollo: Smintheus.[2] FrequencyIn looking at various surname frequency resources, the rarity of 'Smithe' is apparent. In the 1990 United States Census, 'Smithe' ranked near the bottom 10% of surnames in frequency, showing an overall rank of 78,005.[3] Regarding information assembled by The National Trust related to surname frequency in Great Britain, neither in 1990 nor 1881 was 'Smithe' sufficiently high for inclusion in their statistical analyses.[4] Nonetheless, sufficient 'Smithe' surname responses appeared in the 1881 census to support County-geographical mapping of surname distribution, but even this level of information is lacking for 1990 census data.[4] Notes1. ^Citation: Lower, 1860. 2. ^Citation: Lytton, 1842. 3. ^Citation: US Census Bureau Staff, 2000 4. ^1 Citation: Longley, et al. References{{refbegin}}
|title= Zanoni |year= 1842 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=cwMmAAAAMAAJ |format= PDF (Google Books) |accessdate= 2008-03-21 |volume= 1 |publisher= Harper & Brothers |location= New York |pages= 94 }}
|last= Longley |first= Paul |author2=Alex Singleton |author3=Richard Webber |author4=Daryl Lloyd |work= SPLINT Project, University College London |publisher= The National Trust }} Note: Attempts to link directly to search results pages result in failure to find the site.
|title= Patronymica Britannica: A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom |origyear= 1860 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=00cBAAAAQAAJ |format= PDF (Google Books) |accessdate= 2008-03-22 |year= 1860 |publisher= John Russell Smith |location= London |pages= 320 }}
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