Show Smith No Longer First Among American Names The fortunes of the name Smith show show the peculiarity of certain cities dUes and the difference between East lIst and end West It Is surprising surprising sur Bur that the Smiths should ever be outnumbered Beside having the greatest usage of or any surname since early arly Colonial times Smith designates designates nates nat'S numerous later families of or British blood and Is the natural translation for fot various non British designations especially those meanIng mean mean- Inn Ing smith In the process of time It has gained bearers In the United States Slates Yet In III New ew York the Smiths are matched In numbers by the Cohens who are only twentieth one as numerous numerous nu nu- in the country as a whole and In 10 Milwaukee Schmidt takes lakes the leading position In to spite of or the fact that there are 10 times as ns many Smiths In the land as ns there are Chicago presents still sUII another another an an- other picture for there Smith Is Se second sec sec- ond end to Johnson a n name greatly favored favored fa fa- by Scandinavians From Prom Chicago to Seattle and Ind Indeed Indeed In In- d deed pd In to Los Angeles extends an area ara of or Scandinavian lun influence having It Its II capital in III Minneapolis and St. St Paul and an In It the Smiths are outnumbered outnumbered not oot only by Johnsons but also by the Andersons Nelsons r and Peter f sons Ons Howard F. F Baker In ID the American Mercury I |