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Smitherman/Smotherman Name Study

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Surnames/tags: Smitherman Smotherman Smothermon
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Welcome to the Smitherman/Smotherman Name Study

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About the Project

The Smitherman/Smotherman Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Smitherman and Smotherman name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the Smitherman/Smotherman name.

As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (Alabama or Texas Smitherman/Smotherman's), by time period (18th Century Smitherman/Smotherman's), or by topic (Smitherman/Smotherman DNA, Occupations, Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches which have no immediate link with each other. Some researchers may even be motivated to go beyond the profile identification and research stage to compile fully sourced, single-family histories of some of the families they discover through this name study project.

Related Surnames and Surname Variants

The children of Samuel Smitherman (or Smytheman/Smotherman/Smithyman) is where the split between the Smitherman and Smotherman happens in the mid-1700s. His sons who passed down the Smitherman name are William, Samuel and Thomas. His sons who passed down the Smotherman name are Hugh and John.
The Smothermon variant appears as early as 1853 from descendants of either John or Hugh Smotherman.

Descendants of Samuel Smitherman

This study will be a very United States focused study as everyone that we are aware of with the Smitherman or Smotherman name descended from the immigrant, Samuel Smitherman. His last name at birth is debatable, given that there are records of him listed as Smithyman, Smytheman and Smotherman. We know Samuel's parents were Samuel Smytheman and Phoebe Johnson and was born in England (his father similarly has many different variations of spelling for his last name). His parents are as far back as we can currently prove.

About the Smitherman Name

Smitherman is the 97,071st most commonly held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,489,382 people. It is predominantly found in The Americas, where 92 percent of Smitherman live; 91 percent live in North America and 91 percent live in Anglo-North America.
This surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 4,414 people, or 1 in 82,116. In The United States Smitherman is most common in: Alabama, where 35 percent are found, Texas, where 16 percent are found and North Carolina, where 9 percent are found. Not including The United States Smitherman is found in 14 countries. It is also common in England, where 8 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.
The occurrence of Smitherman has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Smitherman last name rose 1,015 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 179 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it decreased 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.[1]

About the Smotherman Name

This last name is the 152,842nd most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 2,532,156 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Smotherman live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America. Smotherman is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 10 people.
It is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 2,869 people, or 1 in 126,336. In The United States it is most frequent in: Tennessee, where 27 percent are found, Missouri, where 12 percent are found and Texas, where 11 percent are found. Other than The United States this surname exists in 5 countries. [2]

Notables

How to Join

To join the Smitherman Name Study, first start out by browsing our current research pages to see if there is a specific study ongoing that fits your interests. If so, feel free to comment on this page, post an introduction to yourself and your research interest and then dive right in! The Name Study Coordinator will add you to the membership list.

If a research page does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Micah (Trapp) Horgan-Trapp for assistance.

... ... ... is a member of the Smitherman Name Study Project.

Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:

{{Member|ONS|name=Smitherman}}

Membership

Research Pages

Here are some of the current research pages included in the study. I'll be working on them, and could use your help!

Task List

Keep up to date with Smitherman/Smotherman news by adding SMITHERMAN and Smotherman to your followed tags.

  • Do not create duplicate profiles.
  • Create as many profiles with sources to Wikitree.
  • Work cooperatively together with other Smitherman/Smotherman profile managers to create the best tree possible.
  • Search out original rather than derivative documentation.
  • Write comprehensive, well-sourced biographies for profiles.

Add profiles to the study

To add them to the study, add the project sticker to the biography by typing {{One Name Study|name=Smitherman}}. Adding this sticker will automatically include them in the Smitherman name study category.
This profile is part of the Smitherman Name Study.
{{One Name Study|name=Smitherman}}
Anyone with the Smitherman or Smotherman surname (or related variants) should be added to the study. If a profile manager requests that the project sticker not be included in the profile, you can instead add them to the category without the sticker. To add them to the category, type [[Category:Smitherman Name Study]] at the very top of the biography section of the profile.

Add Profiles to categories

Reach out to Micah Horgan-Trapp if you need any assistance with categorizing.

Brick Wall Category

We aim to categorize every Smitherman/Smotherman where we do not have one or both parents. Add them to the category by typing [[Category:Smitherman Family Brick Walls, Smitherman Name Study]] at the very top of the biography section of the profile. See the full index of Smitherman/Smotherman brick walls.

Location Based Categories

Add profiles to location based categories if they lived in the given location. The category name convention is [[Category:Location, Smitherman Name Study]] Some examples are are:
  • [[Category:Alabama, Smitherman Name Study]]
  • [[Category:Texas, Smitherman Name Study]]
  • [[Category:England, Smitherman Name Study]]
Please reach out to Micah Horgan-Trapp if you need help creating a location based category.

Profile Needs Categories

These categories are to help us all ensure we have the most accurate and complete information on every Smitherman/Smotherman Profile. Current Needs categories are:
  • Needs biographies: Add them to the category by typing [[Category:Needs Biography, Smitherman Name Study]] at the very top of the biography section of the profile.
  • Needs profiles connected: Add them to the category by typing [[Category:Needs Profiles Created, Smitherman Name Study]] at the very top of the biography section of the profile.
  • Needs birth record: Add them to the category by typing [[Category:Needs Birth Record, Smitherman Name Study]] at the very top of the biography section of the profile.
  • Needs marriage record: Use this category sparingly. It should not be added to every person that has no spouse listed. Add it to a profile that you know was married, but are unable to find a source that lists their marriage date. Add them to the category by typing [[Category:Needs Marriage Record, Smitherman Name Study]] at the very top of the biography section of the profile.
  • Needs death record: Add them to the category by typing [[Category:Needs Death Record, Smitherman Name Study]] at the very top of the biography section of the profile.

Profile Clean up & Accuracy

The following indexes show various needs for Smitherman/Smotherman Profiles.


Resources

  1. ↑ “Smitherman Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History.” Forebears.io, 2014. (https://forebears.io : accessed 3 Mar 2022)‌
  2. ↑ “Smitherman Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History.” Forebears.io, 2014. (https://forebears.io : accessed 3 Mar 2022)‌




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