Smiles
English edit
Etymology edit
Two main origins:
- Scottish patronymic surname from Small.
- English topographic surname for someone who lived near a rabbit warren, from the plural of Old English smygel (“burrow”).
Proper noun edit
Smiles (plural Smileses)
- A surname from Old English.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Smiles is the 42455th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 511 individuals. Smiles is most common among White (66.73%) and Black/African American (23.78%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Smiles”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.