Origins Chambers Journal ca. 1850 says O rash mortal! Disguise thyself as thou wilt, thou art a Smith still and thou art still recogniseable; assume any mask thou wilt, or even veil thy time-honoured features, yet thou art a Smith. Smyth, Smytjhe, Smithett, Smithies, Smithsone, Smythers, Smithurst, Smyth-waite, Szhinxmydljhskikoff, Honble. Montjomery-Byron-Dudley-Fitz-Smytjhoille, Herr von Katzenellenbogen Schmidt, El Senor Conde Don Carlos de Smitio; these and a thousand others still are modifications, free-and-easy combinations of the prime original; its powers of adaptation to all requirements and fancies surpass comprehension. In 1980 it was estimated that there were 4,786,350 persons in the world who are named Smith or a variation of it - 2,180,960 in the USA alone! Ancestors named Kovac, Angove, Goff, Lefevre, Lohar, Hasinger, Faber to name just a few are also Smith in their original languages. |
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