THE GREAT SMITH FAMILY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17231, 10 April 1930, Page 12

THE GREAT SMITH FAMILY

In must of the l.nglish-speahiiig conn-..’ tries of the \Vn)'l(l till' CPIISUH ret urns j sliow thiit the surname of Smith pie-; 1 dominates over nil other names. J’hfvJ Inst census returns of (Irent. Britain ! showed that in 1921 there were. 530.000! profile hearing the name of Smith, ev- j elusive of the Srnythes and other varia-j tiofis of this popular name. Of these 1530,000 Smiths 204,000 were. J. Smith. | 'J'lie name of donas was home by 425,000 people in (heat Britain in 1921. Browns I numbered 320,000, Tavlors 208.0C.f1, ! Davies 180,000. Wilsons'lsß.4oo. Walk- t ers 122.400. Morris. 120X00, Wrights 108.000 and Coopers 90.C00. 'lhe.se lo| sm names neeonnted for 2.291,800 people.) out of (Ireat- Britain's total population i of 42.767.530. / The rensus returns showed that very I few people have Ihe (list im-t ion of own-I iiig a name that is nut shared by I others. There were 435 people in < Ireat i Britain in 1921 who bore the name nf Pi do, 425 named ilotohcd. ISO named: Beetle. 54 named Coffee. 12 named Tea j and 3 named Bread. And I here went on fewer than 50 persons enjoying the mime, if not the fame, of Bernard Shaw. |