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Why is “Smith” a common last name?

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Disguised · 56-60, M
Folklore would have you believe its all about chastity belts in the middle ages. The men folk went off to war 'locking up' their woman. The men failed to return and the women needed to remove the chastity belt. So off to the Smith 3 villages away. His price for removal often caused a child to be born who was naturally named after its father. Smith...