Why are there so many Smiths in America? Part 1
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How did Smith become the most common surname in America? We'll trace the history of Smith beginning with its Anglo Saxon origins in the British Isles.
Sources:
Websites
https://www.census.gov/en.html
https://immigrationtounitedstates.org/393-british-immigrants.html
https://www.libraryireland.com/names/s/smist.php
https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Agincourt
http://www.agincourt600.com/
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Oliver-Cromwell
https://www.houseofnames.com/smith-family-crest/Irish
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/names-common-surname-ancestry-smith-outsiders-a8965056.html
Books
Arthur, W. (1857). An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. Sheldon, Blakeman, & Company.
The Smith family : being a popular account of most branches of the name--however spelt-- from the fourteenth century downwards, with numerous pedigrees now published for the first time. (1904). E. Stock.
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