Nesmith
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Occupational surname for a maker of knives or nails, from Middle English knyf (“knife”) or nayl (“nail”) + smith.
Proper noun
Nesmith (countable and uncountable, plural Nesmiths)
- A surname from Middle English .
- An unincorporated community in Williamsburg County, South Carolina, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Nesmith is the 4955th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7097 individuals. Nesmith is most common among White (51.87%) and Black/African American (41.41%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nesmith”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 659.