Smith is the most common family name in the United Stateshttp://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, representing more than 1 out of every 100 persons in each of these countries. It is particularly prevalent among those of English descent http://www.genealogytoday.com/columns/everyday/020509.html, the name being English itself, but has often been taken by non-English natives or immigrants to the above countries in order to blend into the majority culture more easily.