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SmithSmith can refer to a person who practices smithing, to a very common family name or to part of a place name or location. Smithing A smith is a person involved in the shaping of metal objects. The traditional working place for a smith is a forge or smithy. There are many different kinds of smiths: In pre-industrialized times, a smith was a person of high or special social standing, as he would supply the metal tools needed for efficient farming (especially the plough). See also Family name Smith as a surname is a common family name amongst those of English descent. Moreover, it was often taken by non-English immigrants in order to blend into the majority culture more easily. It is consequently the most common surname in both the United States, comprising more than 1% of the population counted during the 1990 census, and the United Kingdom. Names with disambiguation pages: The character Agent Smith from the Matrix series also uses the ubiquitous name, as a representative of the entire system of the Matrix. International use In other languages cognates to English "smith" tend to be very popular family names too: - Schmidt, Schmitt or Schmied in German
- Kowalski, Kowal in Polish
- Kovac in Serbo-Croatian languages
- Fabbri, Fabris, Ferrari in Italian
- Faber is the Latin term for smith, found as a surname in several European languages.
Place names and locations Smith is a common part of a place name or locations, particularly in the United States of America. - Deaf Smith County, Texas
- Fort Smith, Arkansas
- Fort Smith, Montana
- Redbird Smith, Oklahoma
- Smith Center, Kansas
- Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts
- Smith County, Kansas
- Smith County, Mississippi
- Smith County, Tennessee
- Smith County, Texas
- Smith Island, Maryland
- Smith Islands National Park in Queensland, Australia
- Smith Mills, Massachusetts
- Smith River in western USA
- Smith Township, Pennsylvania
- Smith Valley, Nevada
- Smith Village, Oklahoma
- Smiths Station, Alabama
See also: Other uses of "smith" Other languages - Schmidt – German
- Haddad – Arabic
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