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Why is “Smith” a common last name?

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REMsleep · 41-45, F
Common English trade name. As others have meantioned there were many kinds of Smiths so that increased the name.

Johnson is the second most common last name meaning son of John. John being an extremely common name due to Christianity. John is Hewbrew for Yohanan which was both the name of an Apostle and John the Baptist.